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Presented through Fukuyama as the supposed synthesis after capitalism and communism.
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liberal democracy
Presented through Fukuyama as the supposed synthesis after capitalism and communism.
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Jiang attributes to Putin the view that Russia's corruption, alcoholism, and low fertility come from Western liberal democracy, consumerism, and human-rights rhetoric corrupting the Russian soul and civilization.
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Jiang summarizes Fukuyama's end-of-history argument as the claim that liberal democracy is the victorious synthesis after capitalism and communism, using Hegel's dialectic as the intellectual frame.
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Jiang defines consumerism, at the core of liberal democracy, as the idea that humans exist to buy things and that trade between producing nations should replace war.
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Jiang defines Putinism as continuous war: a society should constantly fight wars to discipline and unify the nation and make people stronger and more prosperous.
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Jiang distinguishes capitalism from liberal democracy by saying capitalism is concerned only with capital, while liberal democracy is the participation of everyone in generating capital; he adds that capitalism and democracy are contradictory forces held together by synthesis.
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"...towards the middle. Which is the right idea. Which is called liberal democracy."
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"...happening because Russia is not democratic. Right? If you have full democracy and you unleash the human potential of your people, then Russia will..."
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"...argued that the Soviet Union fell and America became triumphant because liberal democracy is the best idea to have ever been invented. Okay? And..."
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"Okay? Now, Frederick Hegel had something called the theory of the dialectic. Dialectic. And what Hegel argued is that history is determined by a..."
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"So what is liberal democracy? Well, at the core of liberal democracy is the idea of consumerism. And the idea of consumerism is that...."
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"...over time, a new concept will arise to challenge consumerism and liberal democracy. And we will call this concept Putinism. And the idea of..."
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"...Oh. So, Selina asked a question. How is capitalism different from liberal democracy? That's a great question. Okay? So, capitalism is only concerned about..."
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"Okay? But capitalism and democracy are contradictions. Does that make sense? Okay. Any more questions? Okay. So, Jack makes a great point, which is,..."
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"...same time, I don't want to say that Germany is a liberal democracy at this point. It's not. Why? Because as these industrial reforms..."
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"...argue about this. Everyone should try to be a liberal consumer democracy, including China. And if everyone became a consumer liberal democracy, there will..."
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