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Of course, rebalancing China’s economy will take time, and it will entail some risks and sacrifices.
On the other hand, Greek society is exhausted by the huge sacrifices it has been forced to accept.
He will also immediately have to convince a skeptical populace, already hurting, that more sacrifices are needed.
Despite countless sacrifices in the face of the drone strikes’ arbitrary cruelty, the resolve of the tribal areas’ people remains undented.
Nor is it at all certain that the sacrifices required of a country already stretched beyond the limits of its financial capabilities, together with the resistance of world powers, will allow this to be accomplished even in a single presidential term.
In the short term, Americans would have to make modest economic sacrifices in the form of higher fuel prices.
Such sacrifices, however, would be well worthwhile.
While war often unites countries, peace tends to divide them, because it inevitably requires concessions and sacrifices.
Should citizens love their state, why they should feel attached to it, what kind of attachment should this be, why, indeed, should people make sacrifices for the sake of independent statehood?
If we want to be a community of people who enjoy living together in a shared home, who love that home and who govern the state democratically, we all must understand the meaning of the sacrifices that we make, or are prepared to make, to ensure the defense of our new states.
Negative reinforcement and delayed gratification are unlikely to achieve their goals unless there is a perceived light at the end of the tunnel – a future reward for today’s sacrifices.
Rather, Europeans have come to believe that their leaders are demanding sacrifices that do not advance their interests.
The main question was whether the sacrifices of tough austerity measures are now being rewarded by economic growth that outstrips the eurozone.
Moreover, embedding these values in European institutional arrangements demands no sacrifices in terms of long-term GDP growth and employment.
The concessions it contains on manufactured products like automobiles are much smaller than those on, say, agricultural products, which will involve profound sacrifices from other TPP countries, such as Japan.
But the increased trade and investment flows brought about by the TPP’s ratification and implementation will benefit even the countries that must make larger sacrifices.
For many in Europe, it was easier to live against Bush than to make sacrifices with Obama.
But even an exercise in modesty and realism requires strong alliances, with partners ready for sacrifices.
According to one Hamas slogan in the streets of Gaza during the Israeli withdrawal, “Four years of sacrifices weigh more than ten years of negotiations.”
In short, they fear that all of the sacrifices made for price stability will have been in vain.
Self-censorship is worse than censorship itself, because it sacrifices freedom voluntarily.
Most Americans do not feel the sacrifices associated with the large troop presence and ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
At the time of the Boxer Rebellion, Japan responded to requests for help from the international community and won world trust through the sacrifices it made.
When Merkel’s new government is in place, Germany will assume an even more important role in the pursuit of greater European integration – a process that will demand additional sacrifices, including the ceding of national sovereignty.
Others, like the United Kingdom, have moved quickly to take firmer control of their destiny, though their austerity drives will inevitably involve considerable sacrifices.
European leaders must understand that adjustment programs have a social as well as a financial side, and that they will be unsustainable if those affected face the prospect of years of sacrifices with no light at the end of the tunnel.
Thus, the question was never whether the single currency would break up, but what political reversals, economic sacrifices, and legal subterfuges would occur to hold it together.
Perhaps the worst part is that these sacrifices are not likely to achieve the government’s stated goal.
Together, these policies would reduce sovereign debt, lower interest rates, ameliorate tax pressures, enable countries to increase competitiveness with fewer sacrifices to living standards, and provide Europe with a road map to prosperity.
But, as Edmund Burke famously pointed out, “Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment, and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.”
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