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even further, postponing the end of history
again and again. And this is absolutely logical,
claims Harari, as there is in point of fact no
perfect, absolutely right and universal ideology
that would be backed by flawless arguments.
From definition, the concept of ideology is
based on comprehension and explanation of the
complex outer world, and as such is necessarily
simplified and thus incomplete. Even though
liberal democracy has the ambition to denounce
all ideologies and deny its own ideological
status, there is very little that would make it
different. Even the appeals to its scientific
origins do not necessarily distinguish it;
according to Karl Mannheim, it only conforms
to the greater, superior ideology of science.
Hence, Harari’s argument goes, even things
which we consider universally and objectively
true and right, such as the existence of human
rights or ascription of value to all human
beings, are relative. The Declaration of the
Rights of Man an