Francis Fukuyama’s Defense of Liberalism
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Francis Fukuyama’s Defense of Liberalism
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Re: Francis Fukuyama’s Defense of Liberalism
#2Fukuyama: Liberal societies are more innovative, wealthier.
Reality: It is very hard to argue America is as wealthy or innovative as it was, or as China is proving to be. In evaluating that assertion its important to note that absent production of desirable goods & services no country can maintain its wealth.
Fukuyama: Neoliberalism = hostility to the state.
Reality: Neoliberals lack faith in the individuals who makeup the state. They (I) mistrust their motivations, even if they first entered state service for the greater good. Careerism, self-dealing, cronyism & ideological bias runs rampant in the state. Smaller is safer.
Re: Francis Fukuyama’s Defense of Liberalism
#3Dominico Lorsudo's Liberalism: A Counter History https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9670246-liberalism is a a must read for the history of liberalism.
Re: Francis Fukuyama’s Defense of Liberalism
#4Fukuyama: Liberal societies are more innovative, wealthier. Reality: It is very hard to argue America is as wealthy or innovative as it was, or as China is proving to be. In evaluating that assertion its important to note that absent production of desirable goods & services no country can maintain its wealth. Fukuyama: Neoliberalism = hostility to the state. Reality: Neoliberals lack faith in the individuals who make…
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Re: Francis Fukuyama’s Defense of Liberalism
#5Dominico Lorsudo's Liberalism: A Counter History https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9670246-liberalism is a a must read for the history of liberalism.
A discussion between Li and Fujiyama: https://youtube.com/watch?v=r0yIMs2qqb4
Re: Francis Fukuyama’s Defense of Liberalism
#6Societies with large research budgets funding scientists to work together are more innovative.
Re: Francis Fukuyama’s Defense of Liberalism
#7Societies with large research budgets funding scientists to work together are more innovative.
All my Master of Orion games lost playing with the psylons beg to differ.
Re: Francis Fukuyama’s Defense of Liberalism
#8sadly, his "end of history" thesis is turning out to be a replay of history that is the situation that preceded WWI, at an even more global scale. hopefully it doesn't replay the great war too
Re: Francis Fukuyama’s Defense of Liberalism
#9Fukuyama: Liberal societies are more innovative, wealthier. Reality: It is very hard to argue America is as wealthy or innovative as it was, or as China is proving to be. In evaluating that assertion its important to note that absent production of desirable goods & services no country can maintain its wealth. Fukuyama: Neoliberalism = hostility to the state. Reality: Neoliberals lack faith in the individuals who make…
> It is very hard to argue America is as wealthy or innovative as it was, or as China is proving to be.
The hard thing about it is agreeing on terms and providing data, but I don't think that's what you mean.
Re: Francis Fukuyama’s Defense of Liberalism
#10sadly, his "end of history" thesis is turning out to be a replay of history that is the situation that preceded WWI, at an even more global scale. hopefully it doesn't replay the great war too
He’s done a lot of really good work since then. I recommend “Origins of Political Order.”
He really has some fascinating ideas.