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The famous “end of history” idea articulated by political scientist Francis Fukuyama described how the end of the Soviet Union brought an end to the struggle for political ideas.
Nick Houde • Good Is Out, Evil Is in ♞
The End of History?
Francis Fukuyama explores the concept of the "end of history," arguing that liberal democracy represents the final stage of human ideological evolution and discusses its implications for global politics and society.
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In the summer of 1989, as it became clear the United States and its allies had won the Cold War, Francis Fukuyama wrote an essay titled ‘The End of History?’ for the National Interest. Its core proposition was provocative yet simple, with the little-known academic asserting that the collapse of the Soviet Union was of greater importance than simply
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Time had moved on, or maybe it had stopped—that was the era of The End of History and the Last Man, the 1992 book by Francis Fukuyama, who declared the triumph of Western liberal democracy.
Peter Hessler • Other Rivers
If Fukuyama’s words were naive in 1992, then in the decade that followed the financial crisis of 2008 they became positively ridiculous. Indeed, he admitted as much in a book he published on identity in 2018.
Aaron Bastani • Fully Automated Luxury Communism
Therefore, as in all social fears, there will be an increasing belief in the coming decade that the federal government is in the hands of conspirators.
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