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.
nas ruínas de, digamos, Londres em 1945, ou Berlim, e tivesse dito. "Em seis anos, essa será a parte mais pacífica e próspera do planeta." as pessoas poderiam pensar que você certamente estava insano.