It would be overly deterministic to say that if the party did change its leader, the new one would continue to make the same mistakes.有人认为如果该政党改换领袖，新的领导人将会继续重复同样的错误，这样的看法实在是决定论者的论调。The rise or decline of the United States is not a function of deterministic forces.美国的兴衰并非不可抗力作用的结果。