Actually one difference is that the Soviets back there knew that there was an arms race, and were doing their best to win it, or at least not lose it.
We’ve had nearly 3 FRIGGEN DECADES to figure out that this book was DEAD WRONG and that the world did not and never was going to move into a state where we had ‘peace and love’ everywhere and all countries would be liberal democracies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_History_and_the_Last_Man
The guy was full of shit, but he has set our military policy for the past 28 years...and is STILL doing it, which is why we’re not even trying to step up to the challenges of Russia and China.
We’re getting damn close, too damn close, to the point where Russia or China will simply take out a carrier with a missile we never thought would be developed because of ‘the end of history’...and we simply pull back into a regional power, and then less than even that.
Well, I'm definitely clicking on the link now!
I clicked the link.
You’re right, that guy is full of shit!
Yes, I'm sure we'll lose a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in an outright attack from Russia and China, then we'll just crawl back to our own coastline and hope we're left alone for the rest of time. Very plausible scenario there.