translate English to French: However, we cannot limit ourselves to observation of these figures, and it is important to know whether, in face of difficulties which have arisen, we would have been better off if this initiative had not been taken, and the answer to that is a resounding 'no!' , since the current problems would probably have been even worse - e.g. unemployment, a result fundamentally of a technological evolutions which we could not have avoided unless we wanted to put our future irremediably in danger.
Il est important de savoir si, face aux difficultés actuelles, nous serions mieux armés à défaut de l'initiative engagée. La réponse semble logiquement négative, étant donné que les problèmes actuels sont probablement plus graves, à savoir le problème du chômage qui est surtout le fruit d'une évolution technologique qu'il serait impossible de fuir sous peine de compromettre irrémédiablement notre avenir.