Francis Fukuyama says Europe is the model for the future:
I believe that the European Union more accurately reflects what the world will look like at the end of history than the contemporary United States. The EU’s attempt to transcend sovereignty and traditional power politics by establishing a transnational rule of law is much more in line with a “post-historical” world than the Americans’ continuing belief in God, national sovereignty, and their military.
I like the casual assumption that “transcending” sovereignty is a good thing to do. No “We the people” nonsense for these intellectual chappies. Still, if he genuinely thinks Europe’s democratic deficit, unaffordable entitlements and declining human capital is the way to go, remind me to go to the Solomon Islands for the end of history.