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de Tocqueville noticed anti-intellectualism was rampant in the US when he wrote Democracy in America 150 years ago. He wrote to try to explain why the US revolu
by Tangurena 18y ago
de Tocqueville noticed anti-intellectualism was rampant in the US when he wrote Democracy in America 150 years ago. He wrote to try to explain why the US revolution resulted in a democratic nation, while the French revolution a couple years later turned out so terribly bad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_America http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_America
- nazgulnarsil 18y agowhat sort of despotism democratic nations have to fear grows more timely every year as the bureaucratic mess that runs the country gets worse. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/ch4_06.htm http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/ch4_06.htm