Tocqueville on Democracy
Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS
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Tokfield's Fear of the Tyranny of the Majority
In volume two tokfield offers a different kind of fear about the tyranny of the majority there it's the other side the passive side. There is also a risk that the majority doesn't become wild or out of control that the majority becomes stale and conformist, he says. To live in a society where the majority is thought to know best might be to live in a Society where culture becomes narrow and simplistic because most people don't have enough taste,. He adds.
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