Posted on 02/25/2026 6:12:39 AM PST by MtnClimber
hirty-five years ago, American political scientist Francis Fukuyama made a name for himself by advancing the proposition that the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union promised the ascendency and universalization of so-called Western liberal democracy. As a Marxist-Hegelian who saw the progression of history as an evolutionary process with a natural and predetermined conclusion, Fukuyama envisioned Western-styled liberalism as both “the endpoint of mankind’s ideological evolution” and “the final form of human government.” Expecting all human struggles to barrel toward a state of imminent equilibrium and future peace, Fukuyama stated out loud what many other late-twentieth century thinkers also believed: Humanity had reached the end of history.
After the 9/11 Islamic terror attacks in the United States, two decades of the “Global War on Terrorism,” communist China’s expansive “Belt and Road Initiative,” immigration-fueled social strife, the collapse of public trust in government institutions, the prevalence of pre-civil war conditions across Europe, the rise of Indian economic power, the emergence of Donald Trump’s nationalism as a counterbalance to the World Economic Forum’s vaunted globalism, the return of the Russian Federation as a major source of European angst, the growth of “multiculturalism” and its attendant fracturing of national unity, the “great powers” competition for hydrocarbon energies and other natural resources, the new geopolitical race to project strength in the Arctic, and the ever-present discussion of an impending World War III — just to name a few of the numerous global conflicts of the first quarter of the present century — Fukuyama’s “end of history” argument has probably reached the end of its usefulness.
Before the curse of humanity’s short memory stores Fukuyama’s “end of history” thesis in the cupboard until it can be retrieved, dusted off, and recycled for practical use next century
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It seems that islam will be at war with the rest of the world for a long, long time.
The “end of history” has a long history!
IMHO, its why Brussels desperately wants an EU army, and Carney wants foreign mercenaries in Canada. Not to fight external threats, but the 'threats' to their 'rule'.
“It seems that islam will be at war with the rest of the world for a long, long time.”
I for one promote cousin marriage for Muslims. Give them a few generations.
“ It seems that islam will be at war with the rest of the world for a long, long time.”
Perhaps when (if) the rest of the world decides to fight back…
“It seems that islam will be at war with the rest of the world for a long, long time.”
Marxism and Islam are just 2 different fronts in the war against Christendom; that’s why we see “trans-women” wearing hijabs and campus radicals waving Palestinian flags. They’re allies.
I wish someone would tell us just Who these atheist materialists believe predetermined it?
Or until it’s eliminated.
Prophecy about Ishmael (ancestor of Arabs):
Genesis 16:12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
That prophecy is about 4000 years old. Things don’t change much in that part of the world.
There will never be tranquility among humans because there are hardwired genetic predispositions of how people see the world.
There are those that look at this imperfect world and try to make the best of things using lessons learned through the ages and gradually improving things as they can.
Those are called conservatives.
Then there is another group that looks at the same imperfect world and sees injustices EVERYWHERE and can’t wait to blow it all up and replace it with their unproven, untested wet dreams.
Those are called radicals.
These two groups have existed forever and will continue to exist, because, as I said it’s built into the genes.
If Carney does a deal with China, we may need a Special Military Operation.
“I wish someone would tell us just Who these atheist materialists believe predetermined it?“
What the founders of the USSR and Marxists in general refer to as “the iron laws of history”
If Canada were allowed to ally with hostile powers and a strong Chinese or similar troop presence were allowed to build up, it could be game over for the US. With the advantage in manufacturing, resources and manpower and the ability to gradually build up overwhelming force on our border and bottle up US naval and air forces with close interdiction, it would only be a matter of time before the US was invaded and defeated by attrition. Similar to the role England played as a staging area for D-Day in WWII against Germany.
You need to look at all the videos on You Tube posted by desperate Canadians going on about how ‘’Canada is broken!’’
If all of these videos are AI fakes somebody’s doing one heck of a job making them. If they aren’t fakes the UK and Europe are a hot mess.
And it isn’t just Canada that’s begging us.
The Brits, the Aussies. They’re all crying for our help.
France is in the toilet and Germany is going under.
Unlike most intellectuals with grandiose claims about things like “the end of history”, I think that Francis Fukuyama had the honesty to admit that his grand theory was wrong. He disavowed his earlier support of neocon nation-building and “democratizing” projects once it became clear that such efforts, especially in the Middle East, were doomed to failure. It’s a shame that his former acolytes aren’t willing to do the same.
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