Everybody laughed at Fukuyama with his “end of history” but today even Putin, even the puppet regime of the DNR, even the most entrenched little dictator somewhere in the boondocks feel the need to hold “elections.” Nobody really elects anything at those “elections.” But the need to hold them anyway is proof that Fukuyama was right.
3 responses to “End of History”
-
Have you been reading John Cassidy’s article in the New Yorker about the “empty elections of 2014”?
“At this late stage in the prostitution, cretinization, and putrefaction of the American political system, it’s hard to get worked up about anything, and that, doubtless, explains why most voters aren’t paying much attention to the midterm elections.”
http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/meaningless-elections
LikeLike
-
The end of history is a Hegelian notion and GWF wrote of it to flatter the current King. But in fact technically it means that objective spirit has permeated all of reality and there are no tensions to be ironed out. Everything has become perfect — and perfectly rational.
LikeLike
-
This is not new. The USSR and all of the other Communist Party ruled states also had fixed elections throughout their existence.
LikeLike
A conservative literary critic and college professor
Clarissa's Blog 
Leave a comment