Why are the events of January 6 the beginning of the end of America?
One of the leading liberal pro-democracy theorists has acknowledged in an article the declining role of the United States in the world since the events of January 6.
Francis Fukuyama, the American philosopher who, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, predicted in the theory of the “end of history” that the “liberal democracy” would impose itself as the dominant current on all countries and societies in an article on the attack. On January 6, he acknowledged to the US Congress the weaknesses of this theory and the decline of American democracy.
In this article, he writes, the January 6 attack on Congress, instigated by a group of rioters instigated by Donald Trump, laid the foundation for “ominous heresy” in American politics.
“Since [the US] civil war, the country has never failed in a peaceful transfer of power, and no previous candidate has deliberately challenged the election results, for which there is widespread evidence in support of its freedom and fairness,” Fukuyama wrote.
The American author and philosopher states that the reflection of this incident is still evident in American politics, but its effects are not limited to domestic issues.
“[The January 6 attack] also has far-reaching implications for the international community and is a sign of a marked decline in US global power and influence,” the memo said.
“The events of January 6 must be seen in the context of the wider crisis of liberal democracy in the world,” he wrote. “According to the 2021 Freedom House report on world freedom, democracy has been in decline for 15 years, and the two countries with the largest American democracies, the United States and India, have faced the biggest obstacles.”
Coups have erupted in Myanmar, Tunisia and Sudan since the release of the Freedom House report, which had previously taken promising steps towards democracy.
