In Daniel J. Boorstin’s book The Decline of Radicalism, lines are drawn as clarification to the audience in regards to semantics. Within his book, Boorstin asserts his thoughts in regards to the term “disagree” greatly differing from the term “dissent”, and as he explains, he provides comparisons these terms to their effect upon American democracy. While there is a great difference between dissent and disagreement, especially in terms of their application to the United States as it can be seen through the nation’s history, dissent is anything but a disease to democracy To start off, dissent and disagreement are two terms with two different meanings. Boorstin explains that “…people who disagree have an argument…” while “…people who dissent
