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According to some Westerners there is only one road that leads to prosperity. Only Western culture and Western philosophy matters. Blame that Fukuyama- who by
by AniseAbyss 6y ago
According to some Westerners there is only one road that leads to prosperity.
Only Western culture and Western philosophy matters.
Blame that Fukuyama- who by the way already backpedaled in the face of real history lol.
- d3nj4l 6y agoI don't think so. The rise of China especially has been acknowledged as a point against that, and even Fukuyama has acknowledged that : https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3003547/chinas-authoritarian-way-can-rival-liberal-democracy-if-it https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3003547/ch...
- hitekker 6y agoFukuyuma's acknowledgement came two decades after the publication of "The End of History". Given how strongly he advocated for the inevitable triumph of his worldview, I think it's fair to label his admission in your article as backpedalling.
- zhdc1 6y agoCompare and contrast with the latter part of Yergin & Stanislaw's The Commanding Heights, which goes into detail on the American origins of China's economic policy. Huntington's The Third Wave also applies, since China looks about the same as a lot of other economically developing countries in the mid-late 20th century, including a lot of 'democracies' that were de facto single party states.