enfranchisement

But, paradoxically, as democracy gets stronger and the middle class grows richer, it can realize it has more to lose than gain from a real enfranchisement of society.

但矛盾的是，民主发展了，资产阶级也富裕了，他们却意识到从一个真正解放的社会里能失去的越来越多，能获取的越来越少。