12. And why I ultimately do think liberal democracies are much more well-suited to be the center of a "world order" than autocracies. A world where the center is a centralized black box is scary.
(But democracies do need to actually follow principles to keep their legitimacy)
12.以及为什么我最终认为自由民主政体比专制政体更适合成为“世界秩序”的中心。一个以黑匣子为中心的世界是可怕的。
（但民主国家确实需要遵循原则以保持其合法性）