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He's arguing all nations will eventually have democratic governments that resemble 1990s America. This probably seemed a little bit more plausible shortly afte
by anotherman554 4y ago
He's arguing all nations will eventually have democratic governments that resemble 1990s America. This probably seemed a little bit more plausible shortly after the Soviet Union fell than it does today.
- Nokinside 4y agoThat's not what he is arguing. His own words: >The End of History was never linked to a specifically American model of social or political organization. Following Alexandre Kojève, the Russian-French philosopher who inspired my original argument, I believe that the European Union more accurately reflects what the world will look like at the end of history than the contemporary United States. The EU's attempt to transcend sovereignty and traditional power politics by establishing a transnational rule of law is much more in line with a "post-historical" world than the Americans' continuing belief in God, national sovereignty, and their military His main argument is that the evolution is over and there will be no better system than some type of liberal democracy. There can be devolution to worse, but there are no alternatives that work better. Even if there are reversions to totalitarianism, the long term trend is towards liberal democracy.