Christopher Hitchens on Francis Fukuyama part 4 of 6

[Raurex]

I agree, he doesnt stick to a point for a full sentance. Maybe the assumption is that anyone listening has read the book.

[richardcadbury]

this is the most boring thing from hitchens i have ever heard

[belzondium]

If I had absolutely no interest in politics, economics, history, or the direction humanity is taking, I'd probably agree with you.

[richardcadbury]

I have a great interest in all four and much more, which is why I am such a Hitchens fan generally.

It is simply that this lecture jumps from one idea to another with no apparent connection, rather like a grasshopper.

It also doesn't really seem to say anything that isn't either a truism or a statement without much to back it up.

(Full disclosure: I haven't read the book and so my boredom may as such be entirely my own fault.)

[billhicks8]

Google the original essay from Francis Fukuyama. An interesting, convincing and informative theory on the rise of liberalism anticipating it's dominance and an 'end of history'. Christopher Hitchens is addressing a more detailed work here I think, but this essay holds the basics. I am hoping Christopher will address more the ideology as opposed to the economic contradictions in the next vids but we'll have to see...

[billhicks8]

I am wondering if important parts of this have been cut out though, I agree that it seems disjointed.

[flaneurdilettante]

I'm surprised to see a comment like that. The lecture seemed pretty cohesive (and convincing) to me.