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Monday, April 03, 2023

Tocqueville on the form of despotism the government would assume in democratic America (1840)

The French political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) describes what form of tyranny or despotism would come to America: it would be relatively mild, retain some of the “external forms of liberty”, but the people would behave like timid “animals” and the government would act like their shepherd:
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4 comments:

  1. ABEApril 3, 2023 at 4:02 PM

    Tocqueville was a pretty cool guy. Do a search and read over some of his quotes (not all are actually his). For a French aristocrat, he was right on!

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  2. AnonymousApril 3, 2023 at 4:56 PM

    Baaaa, baaaaa, baaaa. Gimme mah EBT and shit.

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  3. ninesApril 3, 2023 at 8:57 PM

    How could he have known we'd outstrip his worst expectations?

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  4. mobiusApril 4, 2023 at 7:47 AM

    I can hear him now, "Called it!"

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