Bullies can still throw their weight around, but democracy and capitalism still have no real competitors.

That ain’t me talkin’, folks. That is me pretty much quoting Francis Fukuyama — who is making a really good living explaining himself, most recently in the Washington Post (shall I try a link?): What, me worry?. Actually, the title is “They Can Only Go So Far because we have blown the bridges on the Mississippi.” Ok, I’m a little off on my second try, too.

I think the more immediate threat to human freedom is the benign sounding “Public/Private Partnership,” which will morph into “The Corporate State.” The “State” will stimulate resentments in the population and direct them outwards to mask its own failures: in other words, not the fascism of leftist slogans but the fascism the left promotes (and much of “big business” will be fine with — if it secures their positions). Check back in twenty years, Franky.