Comment by workitout

>> emergence of the rule of law made the modern economy as we know it possible

The world has had laws since the beginning of man's time on this planet. What made the last 100-200 years different for the US and for the world has been free market economy, not laws alone.

>> It did - social progress has made institutions like democracy and ideas like liberty and rationalism more popular than it has ever been in history.

Democracy by itself fails. The most successful partial Democracy has been the US which is a Democratic Republic, not a true Democracy or Republic, the strength lies in the constant struggle of both.

>> that the modern society is a stable scientific one

Societal stability has nothing to do with science and everything to do with the choices people make every day and the military that defends a free world.

>> Even in the most democratic countries of the world, fascism is only just around the corner.

[Even in the most democratic countries of the world, Communism is only just around the corner.]