there is no end of history; nor does history move in one direction.
you can call it a step backwards if you want, but it's only relative to a contrived scale that only exists in your mind.
there is neither a forwards nor a backwards to step towards, or even an anthropomorphized entity which can take steps.
fuck teleological hegelianism.
http://www.weijingsheng.org/doc/en/comfacism.html