Word: communisme
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First, of course, we are witnessing the end of communism and beginning to cope with what this will mean for capitalism...
...communism (and it is the end, its temporary survival in China notwithstanding) is something we have not yet been able to assimilate. It is like suddenly being without a familiar pain, like the void left by a missing limb...
...From the moment in 1917 when Lenin arrived at the Finland Station in the city that would for decades bear his name, the conflict with communism has overshadowed our century. It dominated our politics, our hopes and fears, our view of the world. It cost us many lives and much money. We learned to live with a permanent enemy, studied his every trait and listened to his endless, dreary polemics (we should not overlook sheer boredom as a factor in communism's fall...
...this is gone. A few words should be said over communism's corpse. For one thing, it was not an illusion. Its incredibly fast collapse tempts many to believe that the threat was never all that real or serious, and that it proves yesterday's doves to have been right. That view is mistaken. All the evidence confirms that the resistance of the West, including the American arms buildup, was essential to bringing about the collapse of the system so quickly and so totally...
Some heavy gloating on our side is fully justified. But the collapse of communism does not guarantee the permanent, universal triumph of capitalism and democracy...