When mr fukuyama gave his speech , the world contained 69 democracies . Today there are close to twice as many .

福山发表本文开头提到的讲话时，全球只有69个民主国家，今天的数字已接近翻番。

Its downfall as an ideological system offered francis fukuyama the chance to write of the " end of history " .

它作为一种意识形态体系的衰落，为弗朗西斯福山（francisfukuyama）提供了描写“历史的终结”的机会。