Tocqueville on Democracy
Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS
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The Tyranny of the Majority in Volume Two of Democracy in America
The tyranny of the majority is something that tokfield warned was the great risk of democracy. The two volumes of democracy in America give a different picture of what it would be like to live in a society where the majority have run out of control. In volume one it's the volatile side of politics so mob rule, race riots and lynchings are all examples.
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