Empire Of The Majority Analysis

There are a lot of interesting points throughout the reading, especially, towards the end when he brings up what kind of tyranny lives in the United States. He opens saying, “Democratic governments that the empire of the majority is absolute; for in democracies, outside the majority is nothing that resist of” (235). He’s clearly stating that the U.S is run by a Democracy, but within that Democracy is a ruling/living by majority, and all this leads to a tyranny. Before, I get into the bashing that Tocqueville gives the U.S, I want to talk about his justifications for a majority. He states, “The moral empire of the majority is founded in part on the idea that there is more enlightenment and wisdom in many men united than in one alone” (236). …show more content…
The more minds that collaborate the better and quicker a solution can be found, but that only works if everyone’s on board and not using their powers to oppress others. Another time, is when he talks about the moral empire “Founded on the principle that the interests of the greatest number ought to be preferred to those of the few” (237). These are the ends of his argument why Majority can be a good thing, but in the end, he talks about how the U.S uses it in the worse ways possible. First, we will talk about our Legislation system and how it weakens the U.S. Electing new/ different men to this power creates chaos because there is no form of consistency. Each man has different possibilities and ideas, which can be a good thing, but overall Tocqueville proves it negative. The reason for that is because to many other government branches rely on legislation and with a repetitive change, there is no formal idea of what is good the people. He then explains how majorities oppress the minorities, but that’s not really the case in America. Tocqueville notices that America is filled with small numbers of party groups that refuse to be ruled by a greater