> This logic completely baffled me The argument that market economies beget democracy was popularly espoused in Francis Fukuyama's The End of History [1]. The Soviet Union collapsed following glasnost [2], itself a response to the West's economic outperformance. The USSR's constituents were replaced by things that looked like fledgling democracies…
>The United Nations Security Council has proven once again to be useless. This line makes me significantly question the author's competence (as if knowing he was the author of The End of History before going into it didn't already negatively color my expectations). Russia has a permanent veto on the security council, of course it's going to be useless. Anything that goes against the interests…
…about The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0374533229/) by Fukuyama (yes, I know, I know, but I guess he learned something after The End of History). It and Clash of Civilizations are on my near term to read list.
…Huntington, of course, is widely known for his Clash of Civilizations, one of several highly publicized attempts in the early 90s to explain post-Cold War geopolitics with a single thesis. Francis Fukuyama (The End of History) and, less notorious in the popular press, John Mearsheimer, are some of the other authors of grand geopolitical theories of the early post-Soviet period. They are grand and sweeping theories that seem…
> We should be figuring out how to create a global, collective, human advantage for everyone and the planet We haven’t solved the problem of governance. The End of History seemed close in the 1990s. But we’re back to being torn between the efficiency (and short-term stability) of authoritarian models against the flexibility (and long-term stability) of democratic ones.…
还有，读整本书，别只抓着书名反驳。如果你想看对“历史终结论”的回应，去读《历史的终结》的结尾部分吧。
Also, read the book instead of responding to the title. If you want a response to the idea of the end of history, read the end of The End of History.
> 这种逻辑完全把我整懵了 “市场经济孕育民主”这一论点在弗朗西斯·福山的《历史的终结》[1]中曾被广为宣扬。苏联是在公开化政策（glasnost）[2]之后解体的，而该政策本身就是对西方经济优势的一种应对。苏联的各组成国随后被一些看似羽翼未丰的民主政体所取代……
> This logic completely baffled me The argument that market economies beget democracy was popularly espoused in Francis Fukuyama's The End of History [1]. The Soviet Union collapsed following glasnost [2], itself a response to the West's economic outperformance. The USSR's constituents were replaced by things that looked like fledgling democracies…
>联合国安理会再次证明了自己的无用。 这句话让我严重怀疑作者的水平（就好像在看之前知道他是《历史的终结》的作者，还没让我大跌眼镜似的）。俄罗斯在安理会拥有一票否决权，安理会当然会变得毫无用处。任何违背其利益的事项……
>The United Nations Security Council has proven once again to be useless. This line makes me significantly question the author's competence (as if knowing he was the author of The End of History before going into it didn't already negatively color my expectations). Russia has a permanent veto on the security council, of course it's going to be useless. Anything that goes against the interests…
……关于福山写的《政治秩序的起源：从前人类时代到法国大革命》（https://www.amazon.com/dp/0374533229/）（是的，我知道，我知道你想说什么，但我猜他在写完《历史的终结》之后好歹学到了点东西）。这本书和《文明的冲突》都在我的近期书单上。
…about The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0374533229/) by Fukuyama (yes, I know, I know, but I guess he learned something after The End of History). It and Clash of Civilizations are on my near term to read list.
……亨廷顿当然以他的《文明的冲突》而闻名，这是90年代初试图用单一论点解释后冷战时期地缘政治的几次高调尝试之一。弗朗西斯·福山（《历史的终结》）以及在通俗媒体上不那么出名（但学者皆知）的约翰·米尔斯海默，都是后苏联初期宏大地缘政治理论的代表作者。这些都是宏大而包罗万象的理论，看起来……
…Huntington, of course, is widely known for his Clash of Civilizations, one of several highly publicized attempts in the early 90s to explain post-Cold War geopolitics with a single thesis. Francis Fukuyama (The End of History) and, less notorious in the popular press, John Mearsheimer, are some of the other authors of grand geopolitical theories of the early post-Soviet period. They are grand and sweeping theories that seem…
> 我们应该想办法为每个人和整个地球创造一种全球性的、集体的、全人类的优势 我们还没有解决治理层面的问题。《历史的终结》在1990年代看似近在咫尺。但现在我们又回到了纠结之中：一边是威权模式的高效率（和短期稳定），另一边是民主模式的灵活性（和长期稳定）……
> We should be figuring out how to create a global, collective, human advantage for everyone and the planet We haven’t solved the problem of governance. The End of History seemed close in the 1990s. But we’re back to being torn between the efficiency (and short-term stability) of authoritarian models against the flexibility (and long-term stability) of democratic ones.…