Going through the books at the public library I ran across the origins to what had only been an unfamiliar catch phrase - " The End of History " It refers to an philosophical treatise written in the late 90's that promotes the idea of Democracy being inherently superior. You can read it's Wiki page for a further info. As political diatribes go I find it thin, but that's not what I'm writing about.
What interests me is that it treats politik as an act solely of will; bypassing the notion that political theory is at its core a cultural innovation that evolves through adaptation. The essay states that democracy flourished in the 20th Century because it is culturally and morally superior to communism; without giving any thought to the notion that democracy flourished because it is the more practical and stable of the two. Two systems, the one that survives is the one that is able to adapt better.
But the only way to survive is to keep adapting. By arguing that liberal democracy is the end point of our social evolution only shows a lack of understanding of the term evolution.
