I personally think that Fukuyama's idea that history is over is quite literally insane, and I'm appalled that he has any measure of credibility whatsoever after stating it. Likewise the related ideas of people like PT Barnett (no coincidence that his name is so similar to Barnum's, I think). So I found this excerpt from Patrik Ourednik's book, "Europeana," quite amusing:
"And in 1989, an American political scientist invented a theory about the end of history, according to which history had come to and end, because modern science and new means of communication allowed people to live in prosperity, and universal prosperity was the guarantee of democracy and not the contrary as the Enlightenment philosophers and Humanists had once believed. And citizens were actually consumers and consumers were also citizens and all forms of society evolved toward liberal democracy and liberal democracy would in turn lead to the demise of all authoritarian forms of government and to political and economic freedom and equality and a new age in human history, but it would no longer be historical. But lots of people did not know the theory and continued to make history as if nothing had happened."
"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."
"And in 1989, an American political scientist invented a theory about the end of history, according to which history had come to and end, because modern science and new means of communication allowed people to live in prosperity, and universal prosperity was the guarantee of democracy and not the contrary as the Enlightenment philosophers and Humanists had once believed. And citizens were actually consumers and consumers were also citizens and all forms of society evolved toward liberal democracy and liberal democracy would in turn lead to the demise of all authoritarian forms of government and to political and economic freedom and equality and a new age in human history, but it would no longer be historical. But lots of people did not know the theory and continued to make history as if nothing had happened."
"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."