Computers have already made our financial system fiendishly complicated – so much so, that very few humans are now able to understand how it works. But despite its massive impact, most politicians seem hardly able to comprehend this new innovation, and are even less capable of controlling it. But how will the West’s liberal-democratic system cope in the twenty-first century?ĭisturbingly, its vital signs aren’t good – and the revolution in information technology is to blame.įrom the 1990s onward, computer technology has arguably transformed our world more than any other force. Fast-forward to the late twentieth century and liberalism, which celebrates democracy, free enterprise and individual freedoms, was the clear winner. Throughout the twentieth century, three distinct political ideologies vied for world supremacy – communism, fascism and liberalism.
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