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.
būtu bijuši, teiksim, Londonas drupās vai Berlīnē un teiktu: „Pēc 60 gadiem šī būs viena no mierīgākajām, pārtikušākajām vietām uz planētas,” cilvēki droši vien domātu, ka pilnīgi noteikti esat vājprātīgs.