If you had been in the ruins of, say, London in 1945, or Berlin, and you had said, "Sixty years from now, this is going to be the most peaceful, prosperous part of the planet," people would have thought you were certifiably insane.
Si estuvieran en las ruinas de, digamos, Londres de 1945, o Berlín, y dijeran: "Dentro de 60 años este va a ser el lugar más pacífico y próspero del planeta". las personas hubiesen pensado que estaban rematadamente locos.