tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post7459204550020872223..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Fukuyama and RussiaBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-47532730238422839092008-08-29T00:19:00.000+00:002008-08-29T00:19:00.000+00:00Are the choices for history only a cycle or a line...Are the choices for history only a cycle or a line? Can't there be the possibility of something else? A spiral perhaps: having a direction but to our perception apparently not - if we can only see the cyclical motion? Or perhaps some other shape we might not even imagine.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467412541030183747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-3576836540168427952008-08-28T19:18:00.000+00:002008-08-28T19:18:00.000+00:00corky:"bog-trotskyite hero of the working classes ...corky:<BR/>"bog-trotskyite hero of the working classes "<BR/><BR/>"I've just coughed up my cornflakes."<BR/><BR/>Milne wouldn't know working class if it came up and bit him on the arse. Also, i've always thought Bryan was left leaning, though Milne is a totalitarian c**t he has some useful insight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-68554502654610611932008-08-28T19:04:00.000+00:002008-08-28T19:04:00.000+00:00The correct response is to deploy a forward naval ...The correct response is to deploy a forward naval battle group to the black sea... we are going to need a decentish carrier as wellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-82327160563782348232008-08-28T18:06:00.000+00:002008-08-28T18:06:00.000+00:00You got his Christian name correct, something that...You got his Christian name correct, something that the G missed.<BR/>As to Fran Fukuyama, you have to hand it to him for the book sales. But I suspect that he knew what happened to the big figure at the gate of the harbour on Rhodes, colossus tend to keep their legs closed since.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-33702781918713330612008-08-28T15:04:00.000+00:002008-08-28T15:04:00.000+00:00I agree. The Empire Strikes Back. It is mere hubri...I agree. The Empire Strikes Back. It is mere hubris and folly to believe that history, in the guise of liberal democracy, has reached its zenith. Our freedoms are but a thin veneer. As citizens of democracies, we are lazy and complacent and take freedom for granted. The contigencies and exigencies of global economics is causing a significant shift in geopolitics and power relations. We can safelyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-4620341698620783762008-08-28T13:51:00.000+00:002008-08-28T13:51:00.000+00:00I think this is non debate... That's the problem w...I think this is non debate... That's the problem with taking Fukyouover seriously.<BR/><BR/>The idea that history could end, that one ideology replaces conflict blah blah - is so much bollocks that it's not even worth discussing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-9272493362341391202008-08-28T12:12:00.000+00:002008-08-28T12:12:00.000+00:00Dreamy, you're brainy too. I admire you.Dreamy, you're brainy too. I admire you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-64729470600404839022008-08-28T11:27:00.000+00:002008-08-28T11:27:00.000+00:00Eirenic. Now that's a cool word.Eirenic. Now that's a cool word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-55561411243434691572008-08-28T11:06:00.000+00:002008-08-28T11:06:00.000+00:00The key problem is that Sarajevo 1914 wouldn't hav...The key problem is that Sarajevo 1914 wouldn't have been Sarajevo 1914 had people not reacted in a particular way. Ditto Sudetenland 1938.<BR/><BR/>In the first case a it was a robust response that produced disaster, in the latter an eirenic one.<BR/><BR/>Georgia 2008 could turn out to be cataclysmic if we make the wrong call, but who knows which is the right one? (And if we make the right one,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-37470055648768684352008-08-28T11:00:00.000+00:002008-08-28T11:00:00.000+00:00'bestride the world like a colossus'. (Why do peop...<I>'bestride the world like a colossus'. (Why do people write like that?)</I><BR/><BR/> ...it is a stereotype that sounds as if it should have originated in the late eighteenth century. Try this: <BR/><BR/>“Their generals stride like colossi from one quarter of the Globe to another, and bear the fate of nations in their prompt and powerful hands. Thrones are overturned by their foot as they passSelena Dreamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629908887644614404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-84503050344953869772008-08-28T10:40:00.000+00:002008-08-28T10:40:00.000+00:00Seumas Milne? Seumas Milne? You're giving credib...Seumas Milne? Seumas Milne? You're giving credibilty to this Winchester and Balliol bog-trotskyite hero of the working classes who aligns himself with any quasi-fascist antagonist of the US? I've just coughed up my cornflakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com