Partial socialism , as we have today , has always resulted in stagnant or slowly retrogressing economic performance , as we have today .

而半社会主义，像今天的那样，也总会导致经济的停滞甚至是轻微倒退，就像今天的那样。

If the economy is improving strongly in the months before an election , incumbents do well ; if it 's stagnating or retrogressing , they do badly .

如果在竞选前几个月里经济表现强劲，则选举中现任总统会有里良好表现；如果经济停滞或者萎缩，结果一定会很糟。

Other writers declared that china did not seem to be progressing , had indeed no notion of progress ; from this it was but a short step to see the chinese as , in fact , retrogressing .

其他作家亦表示，中国似乎并未进步，甚至没有进步的观念；此种观点与认为中国日渐退化仅是一步之遥而已。