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It proves beyond a doubt that Fukuyama’s argument is quite persuading and grounded on the profound and detailed analysis of the historical development of human society and world civilizations. At the same time, his position is far from perfect and his arguments are challengeable. In such a way, in spite of consistent arguments backed up with detailed analysis and facts, Fukuyama’s vision of the world history and liberal democracy as the ultimate point in the development of human society is still imperfect and cannot be a universally accepted historical theory.
At first glance, the argument developed by Fukuyama is very strong. The human society keeps progressing throughout its history and every next stage in the historical development of the society is more advanced and closer to liberal democracy as human rights and liberties as well as opportunities to exercise these rights and opportunities grow larger and enroll a larger number of people that may lead to inclusion of the entire society when liberal democracy is established. Furthermore, Fukuyama stresses that liberal democracy is an ideal form or system, where conflicts between society members are practically impossible. Therefore, the lack of conflicts is a definite argument in favor of the perfectness of liberal democracy.
On the other hand, such a view on liberal democracy is apparently idealistic if not to say utopian. What is meant here is the fact that, in the course of the history of the mankind, conflicts between society members persisted. Even in the contemporary society, where the level of democracy is high, conflicts persist.

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Therefore, it would be logical to presuppose that conflicts will persist in liberal democracy as well. Hence, even if the modern society moves toward liberal democracy, it does not necessarily mean that the society will reach the liberal democracy as Fukuyama understands this concept. In fact, it is possible to presuppose that liberal democracy may be just a stage in the historical development of human society. Moreover, democratic concepts are not necessarily the criteria for the assessment of the risk of conflicts within the society. For instance, primitive society was deprived of rights and liberties and relationships were grounded on the power and physical strength. However, they were deprived of conflicts, for instance, conflicts on private property, which democratic society suffers from.
The struggle for recognition
In actuality, the theory developed by Fukuyama is a sort of struggle for recognition of righteousness of his views, which is, to a certain extent, successful. At the same time, Fukuyama is not the only scientist, historian, who carries on the struggle for recognition. In this respect, it is possible to refer to Rubenstein and his “Cunning History”, where the researcher explores causes of Holocaust. In fact, this topic is debatable and researchers argue on the causes of Holocaust, whereas Rubenstein promotes the idea that the socioeconomic and political system of the Nazi regime forced people to implement the policy of Holocaust.

References
Fukuyama, F., (1992), The End of History and the Last Man, New York: Penguin.
Rubenstein, R.L., (1987), The Cunning of History, New York: Harper Perrenial.