Risky Behavior

I wrote a post about Fukuyama's "end of history" and the festival "end of history month": http://fatherdaughtertalk.blogspot.com/2010/03/celebrate-end-of-history.html

wherein the following occurs

The philosophical argument: Fukuyama examines the influence of thymos (or human spiritedness). His argument is democracy hinders risky behavior. Enlightened rational thought shows that the roles of master and slave are unsatisfying and self-defeating and hence not adopted by lofty spirits. This type of argument was originally taken up by Hegel and John Locke.

I forget where the brainy-type lingo came from, but I assure you, it was not from me. However, if this quotation is nearly correct, and is a proper description of Professor F's views, someone has been able to look at History and totally excise the segment dealing with Athens and the Pelopenesian War.

Democracy may hinder certain types of risky behavior, but - as the Tom Cruise movie "Risky Business" points out in its profound analysis - democracy surely promotes other types of risk taking.