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Fukuyama is the author of the END OF HISTORY. It essentially said that capitalism had won the ideological battles and thus everyone is in the same room However, capitalism has won, but there are various kinds. Capitalism can be made into socialism with the welfare state or fascism with a military command capitalism. It can also be the ground work for theocracy and other forms of government. Capitalism appears to be an intervening variable to democracy. However, you can have capitalism without democracy as listed above. In this book, the author describes the great disruption of moving from industrial to post industrial society. When you make major social and economic changes, it overwhelms all institutions. This also happened when the USA moved from agriculture to industrialism. The causes are demographic, economic and cultural. However, he dismisses many theories on both the right and left on other causes. He believes that human’s selfishness translates into natural and social order, because to further our aims we need others. In the meantime, we will see the social capital sector medicate the wounds of lost jobs when folks play by the rules. Thus charities will help many get through bad times. However, he does not believe any government action is necessary. In other words, if the market works its will, good times will come again and so will the social indicators of crime, welfare, divorce and related will turn downward. However, history suggests that humans are selfish and many will help others for their own benefit. Yet, wage slaves and slavery has blossomed because the owners get so much more than if they release the slaves. Nearly 80% of the world is under authoritarian governments. To get democracy, you need capitalism, but you have to fight for freedom and social goods... The market does not automatically free its members. Collective action is necessary by workers. However, if they choose command socialism, they do not become free. One of the ways, workers and consumers gain leverage is by collective bargaining. You have to fight for democracy a tyrant does not want to change even if there is a market economy. Much of this is lost on Fukuyama.
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