Francis Fukuyama's essay &ldquo;The End of History?&rdquo; was published in the summer of 1989, a few months before the fall of the Berlin Wall. The essay's argument &mdash; that liberal democracy would not only defeat communism, but that its partisans might, in victory, miss the &ldquo;courage, imagination, and idealism&rdquo; that defined the ideological battle &mdash; lives on as one of the most cited pieces of political theory in the last three decades. In his new memoir, In the Realm of the Last Man, he revisits &ldquo;The End of History?&rdquo; and for today's episode he talks to us about how his essay's argument has evolved in a world now defined by the intense technological change brought on by AI and by the many electoral defeats liberal democracy has suffered as of late. We also talk about how the Internet and social media are helping fuel the listlessness that &ldquo;The End of History&rdquo; brought about, how he uses AI, and what, if anything, will come after liberalism. Read more:<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-09/trump-s-2026-midterm-strategy-puts-himself-at-center-of-gop-campaign?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=odd_lots&utm_content=article" data-renderer-mark="true" data-is-router-link="false" data-testid="link-with-safety">Trump&rsquo;s Midterm Plan Centers on Tax Cuts, MAHA and Himself</a><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-09/iran-ready-for-more-intense-war-and-won-t-relent-official-says?srnd=phx-india?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=odd_lots&utm_content=article" data-renderer-mark="true" data-is-router-link="false" data-testid="link-with-safety">Iran Ready to Escalate War Trump Says Will End After US Election</a> Only <a href="http://bloomberg.com/" data-testid="inline-card-resolved-view">Bloomberg - Business News, Stock Markets, Finance, Breaking & World News</a> subscribers can get the Odd Lots newsletter in their inbox each week, plus unlimited access to the site and app. Subscribe at&nbsp; <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/subscriptions/oddlots?in_source=oddlotspodcast" data-renderer-mark="true" data-is-router-link="false" data-testid="link-with-safety">bloomberg.com/subscriptions/oddlots</a> <a href="http://bloomberg.com/subscriptions/oddlots" data-renderer-mark="true" data-is-router-link="false" data-testid="link-with-safety">Subscribe to the Odd Lots Newsletter</a>Join the conversation: <a href="https://discord.gg/oddlots" data-renderer-mark="true" data-is-router-link="false" data-testid="link-with-safety">discord.gg/oddlots</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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