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Is Democracy Cool Again?

January 14, 2011 - 3:38 pm - by Richard Fernandez
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2011-01-14 18:26:30

Over the long term, freedom and prosperity win.

Francis Fukuyama’s “End of History” message, in essence. What I believe happened is that he mistimed “events, dear boy, events.”

I also suspect that the end game – where freedom and prosperity win – is still precariously balanced at an indeterminate 50-50 tipping point.