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So, our two main rivals in the world are now each ruled by perpetual dictators, as they were in the past.
And to think from 1992 some in the West foolishly accepted the idea of the end of history, "that the worldwide spread of liberal democracies and free market capitalism of the West and its lifestyle may signal the end point of humanity's sociocultural evolution and become the final form of human government."
Not even Francis Fukuyama believed it for more than three years.
Unfortunately the George W. Bush administration, in its ignorant hubris, did.
But here we now are, having squandered the intervening years, and Trump is just fine with the new dictatorships. He admires them no less than Obama did. They are grandiose, like he is, like Obama is. He wishes he could be one of them, too.
When was the last time you heard a statesman from the West call on these rival powers to throw off their chains and embrace freedom?
I can't remember, either.
Freedom as we have known it in the world is in great peril, and we hardly care.
Therefore we will lose it, sooner rather than later.
Freedom as we have known it in the world is in great peril, and we hardly care.
Therefore we will lose it, sooner rather than later.
