Simon Sebag Montefiore: History Is Not Over

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In 1945, the victory of liberal democracies, the defeat of a totalitarian challenge sold the idea of Western capitalist democracy around the world And even new countries that were in fact dictatorships felt they had to look like democracies. They all had presidencies and legislatures and everything. They were just copying America because America was the model of victory. And for systems to win...