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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC
We seem to have Tyranny of the minority. Wonder what Tocqueville would say about this?
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Funny you mention Tocqueville.....his visits to America to study our democracy is now lost, because we, as a country have destroyed the meanings of so many important virtues of our country...
"Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom."
Was a famous quote of his....does anyone think this still,applies ?
And we sort of reversed this observation he made....
"Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude."
He also said quite a bit about honesty and morals, and we are not even in the same world as he thought we were and would be.
"Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all"