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夜の海に潜水して、水中で照明を消すと、全くの漆黒の闇になる。無重力の世界なので、体が逆立ち状態にあるのかも、どっちが海面か海底なのかも、わからない。道しるべは、自分が吐く息の気泡。それが上昇していく方向が海面だ。だが今の世界は、海面に出る道しるべさえなく、もがいているように見える。 ２０世紀には、「文明は時間とともに進歩する」という認識があった。「民主主義が広がるのはよいことだ」「圧政に対決する正義は常に正しい」「経済発展は世界に繁栄をもたらす」と。そうした信念も、今世紀には漂流し始めた。 たしかに「アラブの春」は民主化を広げたが、ムバラク崩壊後のエジプトは過激化し、４０年続いた中東の平和すら揺らぎそうだ。民主主義の重要な定義は、「自由選挙が行われること」だった。しかし、パレスチナの自由選挙でハマスが勝ち、イランでアフマディネジャド大統領が勝てば、アメリカはこれを民主主義とは認めない。一方
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