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Humans think in stories rather than in facts, numbers or equations, and the simpler
the story, the better. Every person, group and nation has its own tales and myths. But
during the twentieth century the global elites in New York, London, Berlin and
Moscow formulated three grand stories that claimed to explain the whole past and to
predict the future of the entire world: the fascist story, the communist story, and the
liberal story. The Second World War knocked out the fascist story, and from the late
1940s to the late 1980s the world became a battleground between just two stories:
communism and liberalism. Then the communist story collapsed, and the liberal
story remained the dominant guide to the human past and the indispensable manual
for the future of the world — or so it seemed to the global elite.
The liberal story celebrates the value and power of liberty. It says that for thousands
of years humankind lived under oppressive regimes which allowed people few
political rights, economic opportunities or personal liberties, and which heavily
restricted the movements of individuals, ideas and goods. But people fought for their
freedom, and step by step, liberty gained ground. Democratic regimes took the place
of brutal dictatorships. Free enterprise overcame economic restrictions. People
learned to think for themselves and follow their hearts, instead of blindly obeying
bigoted priests and hidebound traditions. Open roads, stout bridges and bustling
airports replaced walls, moats and barbed-wire fences.
The liberal story acknowledges that not all is well in the world, and that there are still
many hurdles to overcome. Much of our planet is dominated by tyrants, and even in
the most liberal countries many citizens suffer from poverty, violence and
oppression. But at least we know what we need to do in order to overcome these
problems: give people more liberty. We need to protect human rights, to grant
everybody the vote, to establish free markets, and to let individuals, ideas and goods
move throughout the world as easily as possible. According to this liberal panacea —
accepted, in slight variations, by George W. Bush and Barack Obama alike — if we
just continue to liberalise and globalise our political and economic systems, we will
produce peace and prosperity for all.
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