How Did Tocqueville Engage In An American Democracy

When Tocqueville first arrived in the United States from an aristocratic society in France, he initially believed that the idea of engaging in an American democracy would include a face-to-face interaction, a way for people to convene and sort out the issues facing their country in comparison to what he himself knew and experienced when his fellow countrymen struggled and failed to form a democratic government, one that the Americans have after the bloody Revolutionary War for independence against Great Britain – the then-dominant world power at the time. Because of the fascination with how the Americans functioned in a democracy attracted Tocqueville to learn the possibilities of obtaining and maintaining both a stable and prosperous system …show more content…
The answer we should probably have already witness plays a key role in tying what the political effects, as Tocqueville would say, of centralized administration are seen through societal attitudes and tendencies for starters; that the American people value equality rather than freedom, and that their fellow countrymen displays behavioral signs of enlightened self-interest and whether the advantage lies in the people who strive to do good for all around them or rather solely for themselves (Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Volume II, Part II). And take note that it is not only the individuals themselves that contribute to American democracy but the institutions meant to provide the beneficial relief also has problems of their own that we still witness today: hampered by the seemingly constant bureaucracy, the legislature having more power than the entire government branches, and the attempt to placate and appease the masses which inadvertently increases the danger of the tyranny of the