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I don't think that stating something broadly factual can be scandalous. The language is very dated but that's what happens after 200 years.
by mytailorisrich 4y ago
I don't think that stating something broadly factual can be scandalous. The language is very dated but that's what happens after 200 years.
- brookst 4y agoI think the person you're replying to is interpreting "superiority over all the other races" to mean moral / intrinsic superiority, and I think you're reading it as meaning superior economic / military power. I tend to agree with your reading.
- RedCondor 4y ago>the individual, placed with us, by his vices and his ignorance, on the lowest step of society, is yet the first among savages. I think Tocqueville speaks very clearly for himself, and I don't how if there exist mental gymnastics dexterous enough to try to make this sentence mean anything other than what it clearly means.
- brookst 4y agoFair enough. I think you are either unaware that language changes over time, or choosing to pretend to be unaware to justify outrage. But you do you!