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The (Presumed) End of History. Accelerating spread of democracies fundamentally reset the global political system Helped topple the Berlin Wall in 1989 Collapsed the Communist Bloc Ended the Cold War. Set a Uni -Polar World
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The (Presumed) End of History • Accelerating spread of democracies fundamentally reset the global political system • Helped topple the Berlin Wall in 1989 • Collapsed the Communist Bloc • Ended the Cold War. • Set a Uni-Polar World • The universalization of Western liberal democracy, reinforced by the market fundamentalism of capitalism, represented the end point of mankind’s ideological evolution and the final stage of human government. • Some saw democracies surge symbolizing symbolize the "end of history.”