Tocqueville: Democracy in America
In Our Time: History
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What Is the Danger of the Majority?
Hockfield was struck by the democratic nature of american society. He realised that this gave the majority an enormous power if it chose to use it in certain ways. The danger, i think he felti is that these people will impose ther the their views. His main concern is s his bottom up Gereay - so if you have everyone whose colo more or less the same and there's a predominativef of protestantism,. This is not being held together by virtue. Its being heldtogether by the desire to make money and the pursuit of self interest. And i there's one thing to hockfield stands for, its should always place liberty above other considerations.
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