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 The Guardian London, Nov. 14, 1989
Yes, sure. Not for the world or the world history,
but only for America and particularly for Francis *censored*uyama, part
of the US government policy planning team (Analysis, November 4).
This thesis says more about American thinking and the American view of the world than anything else.
After over 40 years of Cold War, America is really
at a loss. With the new situation, its planners and thinkers find
the biggest cornerstone of their policy - the Russian threat - gone(and
their jobs threatened, too). For Mr. *censored*uyama the rest of the doesn’t
count much. It is this new situation that makes him feel the end
of History.
As a matter of fact it’s America that has
lost the war, not won as Mr. *censored*uyama claims. He also claims it
the end of Communism. It seems that Mr. *censored*uyama hasn’t understood
Communism (Russian missed the point too). Communism is a process
a country goes through when capitalism has gone over the top.
In the cycle of history, every system grows and
vanishes. Russia and its allies tried to hold on to the wheel of
time, hoping they might stop it. That was a mistake they are paying
for. Capitalism is not absolute system. Its only advantage is that
with liberal mix, it leaves a lot breathing points, so the system
survives longer.
It seems that Mr *censored*uyama is an example of an
end product of a system which repeatedly tells itself that the US
is the centre of the world. If it needs any reference point it can
run to Europe. Beyond that no world exists.
When one reads the James Atlas article, one could
also read, on the same page, a story told by Roy Hattersley of a
Bangladeshi immigrant. Aftab Ali who struggled for 20 years to bring
his wife and son to this country and died 24 hours before his wife
was finally allowed to come. This is what a liberal-capitalist democracy
offered to Aftab Ali and his family. It is the real end of the world
for them. An Indian saying - “Your last day on this earth
is the last day of the world too.”
Avtarjeet S. Dhanjal, Ironbridge, Shropshire | 
