The End of The End of History

It’s not just you: the world is scarier today than it was 30 years ago because history has restarted, but the antidote to the fear of living in historically important times is pretty simple: Pick 1-2 problems you see and work on them. Don’t let yourself get depressed that you have to confront these evils or that you don’t feel capable of becoming the next Gandhi. You will be great in the eyes of those around you if you just take a stand on one or two topics and remain consistent.In 1992, political scientist Francis Fukuyama published a book titled “The End of History and the Last Man.” In it, he made three arguments: The end of history. Taking inspiration from the philosopher Hegel, he argued that history has a clear direction and leads to societies like the US: a modern market economy with a liberal democratic government.No competitors. The fall of the Soviet Union was a monumental ideological victory for the west. At the time, it seemed as though there was no viable economical or…