Our generation’s question: Liberalism or Fascism or Socialism?

When Nazi Germany and fascist Italy were defeated, the great historical question was:

Will liberalism or socialism prevail in the world?

The ensuing mix of cold and hot wars and ideological battles reached their climax in our generation — with the fallout from the Soviet Union’s collapse, the enduring sadness of Cuba, the ongoing mess in Venezuela, and the descent of the campus left into whiny thuggishness.

But we also face a resurgence of muscular nationalism and racial-ethnic balkanization.

So our great historical question is:

Will liberalism or fascism prevail in the world?

Related:
My book on the philosophical roots of “right” fascism and national socialism.
My book on the philosophical roots of “left” socialism.