The fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War was described as "The End Of History" where liberal democracy and capitalism would be the prevalent mode of nations. Now that there is the issue of terrorism and the political use of Islam, history seems to be more apparent than ever. The particular Western characteristics of democracy become universal through technolgical development, but it also instigates pluralist changes that can cause alienation in the globalized system. Terrorism is the result of this alienation, but it may not be cured by the spread of Western democracy and free markets.