How have existentialism, anti colonialism and the quest for personal freedom influenced the landmarks of the last fifty years?

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Existentialism, anti-colonialism, and the quest for personal freedom influenced the landmarks of the last fifty years in that they were the dominant concepts that supported Neoliberalism, as the imperative economic system in modern western societies.

During these last fifty years, those concepts shaped the thinking of corporate America. An economic and political system that promoted free market, where corporations became so rich, countries signed free trade agreements, multinational companies opened branches in many third world companies, and unfortunately, it never impacted in a positive way to the working class, just benefited the rich people.

That is why today we see so many protests and demonstration in many countries, including the US, where people are demanding drastic changes after the US Crisis of 2008, when the federal government decided to support and rescue the big bankers and corporations, instead of supporting the interests of the common American citizen.

the first historical instance of china engaging in internationalism was during the han dynasty.[1] at the start of the han dynasty, the huns in the north were attacking the frontiers of han and trying to obtain riches. emperor wu of han wanted to gain an alliance with a country called dayuezhi so the two countries could join together and fight against the huns.[2] to obtain this alliance, emperor wu sent zhang qian to the west to establish economic and cultural connections.[2] history records that during the han dynasty there were four primary avenues of contact between china and europe. they included the northern land route, the central land route, the southern sea route, and the far southern sea route.[1] the most famous of these routes is the central land route, or the classical silk road, comprising a network of roads stretching from northwest china to the ports of syria and the black sea, which passed through the oasis of the turkestans and northern persia.[1] the silk road was significant for chinese emperors because it provided dominance over central asia by developing resources and provided new markets for the export of china's most valuable resources.[1]

it was on the rise and doing very well and would continue to do well until the great depression from 1929-1939