Liberal democracy's final hour?(COMMENTARY)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: November 26, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Paul Craig Roberts, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

When the Soviet Union collapsed a decade ago, neoconservatives proclaimed "the end of history," by which they meant the emergence of an ecumenical world organized by liberal democracy.

Noting China's ambitions and the re-emergence of Islam, skeptics regard the neoconservative thesis as little more than an expression of hope. China and Islam aside, powerful developments within the West itself are leading away from liberal democracy.

These developments are both intellectual and political. For example, multiculturalism and ...

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