Hey, @dragosroua.

Interesting topic. I think what we're experiencing, at least in the Unite States, if not the greater world, is a pendulum swing. For eight years under President Obama, there are those who would argue that he took our country the farthest left it's been (though a review of history would probably throw that into doubt), economically, socially, and in terms of governance and national identity.

So, when things are deemed to go to an extreme, there is push back. In some ways, it's society seeking balance, but mostly, the correction goes too far, and the pendulum swings back. So now, nationalism and populism is ascending under the guise of a hard right, or alt right facade.

I do agree, though, it's less about the ideology of the politicians (you could question their ideology period, since perpetual power is what most are after), as it is a plurality of the people, and even then, a significant amount would rather live and let live than see laws created that might favor them now but stop others from their own life pursuits.

At the beginning of the last century, communism and capitalism fought for supremacy, and, for decades, they split the world in two. I don't think capitalism is what we may call the winner here, but what is sure is that communism died.

I agree that capitalism in its truest sense has not won, and that in certain aspects, communism is dead. However, I would probably temper the latter by saying, in some ways, communism has merely crept attached itself and is inhabiting parts of capitalism/democracy. Certainly the ideals of communism continue in many ways, even if the number of countries under its complete rule has dwindled.