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THE AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES IN GREECE, SPAIN & PORTUGAL COLLAPSED, GIVING WAY TO
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS. In 1977 Indira Gandhi ended the Emergency, re-establishing democracy in
India. During the 1980s military dictatorships in East Asia & Latin America were replaced by democratic
governments in countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Taiwan & South Korea. In the late 1980s & early 1990s
that liberal wave turned into a veritable tsunami, sweeping away the mighty USSR/Soviet Empire & raising
the expectations of the coming end of history? After decades of defeats & setbacks, liberalism won in a
decisive victory in the Cold War, emerging triumphant from the humanist wars of religion, albeit a bit worse
for wear! As the Soviet Empire imploded, liberal democracies replaced communist regimes not only in
eastern Europe, but also even in many of the former Soviet republics, such as the Baltic States, Ukraine,
Georgia & Armenia!? Éven Rùssia nowadays pretends to be a kind of democracy?! Victory in the Cold War
gave renewed impetus to the spread of the liberal model elsewhere around the world, most notably in Latin
America, South Asia & Africa... Some liberal experiments ended in abject failure, but the number of success
stories is impressive! Indonesia, Nigeria & Chile, for instance, had been rule by military strongmen for
decades, but all are now still functioning democracies? If a liberal had fallen asleep in June 1914 & awakened
in June 2014, he, she or it would have felt very much at home! Once again people believe that if you just give
individuals more freedom, the world will enjoy peace ànd prosperity? The entire 20th century looks like a big
mistake! Back in the summer of 1914 humankind was speeding on their liberal highway, when it took a very
wrong turn & entered a cul-de-sac! It then required 8 decades & 3 horrendous global wars to find its way back
to the highway?!
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