grllopez ~ with freedom and books’s Reviews > The End of History and the Last Man > Status Update

Notes:
The persistent failure of communism to make headway in the developed world, suggests the totalitarian temptation has been a disease of transition, a pathological condition...

key word: PATHOLOGICAL

"The self-professed aim of modern education is to liberate people from prejudices and traditional forms of authority. Educated people are said not to obey authority blindly, but rather learn to think for themselves."

Scientific inquiry proceeds best in an atmosphere of freedomN where people are permitted to think and communicate freely and be rewarded for innovation.

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Capitalism is the world's only viable economic system, more efficient than centrally planned systems.
Marxism is serious obstacle to creation of wealth and modern technological civilization.
A Universal economic culture creates a global market all can share.

"The History of the World is none other than the progress of the consciousness of FREEDOM. "

...the ultimate goal of totalitarianism: not to deprive...man of his freedom, but to make him fear freedom in favor of security, and to affirm the goodness of his chains even in the absence of coercion. (sad, but true)