The End of History and the Last Man

"The End of History and the Last Man," by Francis Fukuyama, argues that with the end of the Cold War and the global triumph of liberal democracy and capitalism, humanity has reached the highest stage of political development. He suggests that ideological struggles have largely concluded, and liberal democracy represents the most desirable and stable system. The "last man" refers to individuals content within this system, seeking comfort and individual fulfillment rather than revolutionary change. Fukuyama's idea is that history's ideological evolution is essentially complete, marking a point where political history as a fight of competing systems ends.