Fifteen years ago in my book The End of History and the Last Man I argued that, if a society wanted to be modern, there was no alternative to a market economy and a democratic political system. Not everyone wanted to be modern, of course, and not everyone could put in place the institutions and policies necessary to make democracy and capitalism work, but no alternative system would yield better results.
十五年前我在amplt;amplt;历史的终结和最后一个人ampgt;ampgt;一书中论述到，如果社会想要现代化，除了市场经济和民主政治体制之外就别无选择。当然，并非所有人都想要现代化，而且也不是所有人都可以建立让民主和资本主义运作起来所必需的机制和政策，但是，没有其他体制能够产生更好的结果。