Democracy in America

memories, and this is the reason Americans do not have a patriotism made from love, which at first may seem like a vice of America. The other kind of patriotism is more rational and derived from reason. It is a product of enlightenment and is caused by self-interest. Tocqueville said that this is the kind of patriotism that Americans have, and it seems to be unique to America. He said that Americans did not come for pride; they came for self-interest, which is a good thing. This prevents people…

American democracy is driven by the foundation of equality. According to Tocqueville, the American Revolution had produced a great degree of social equality among the social classes. Conditions of equality in America, gives its citizens the ability to strive for equal status—socially and economically. Democracy allowed influence to be taken from a few aristocrats and given to the people—which leads to the end of legal differences in status, of noble ranks and titles, and of hereditary privileges…

poorly the French revolution was going and traveled to the United States to see what made their revolution so effective. From his observations, he saw what made America so special during their revolution; the fight and need for equality. During his time here, he determined that equality amongst the people…

article would note “exceptionalism has arguably been situated at the center of the nation’s ideology since its founding in the seventeenth century. Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America is frequently cited as the first scripting of America as exceptional.” Tocqueville noted that associations in America allowed for democracy to prevail the way is has, but with associations and civil society at an all-time low, technology is the forthcoming replacement of associations in…

cultures, and democracy. Both ideas, contrasting by their ideological contents, were fused in a specific way of thinking that is proper to the United States values. If democracy guaranteed the equality of all men, Darwinism and its influence within science appealed to differences as impregnable criteria. The quantification of behavior was one of the mechanisms responsible for accepting inequality between men as natural, which paradoxically implied the crisis in the meaning of American democracy.…

continuous, the oldest, and the most permanent fact known in history” (Democracy in America 3). Here Tocqueville presents the inexorability of democracy. In essence, democracy is a continuously expanding force where “all events, like all men, serve its development.” (Democracy in America 6). Most importantly, Tocqueville argues that democracy is not upheld without purpose. It is essentially “a sign of [God's] will” (Democracy in America 6) and opposing it would be defying God himself. The…

Although a democracy is just a system of government, it represents so much more. Technically, a democracy is a system of government that is controlled by the people where anyone who is eligible to vote can elect representatives, but democracy also symbolizes equality and the unity of a nation as one collective group. Instead of everyone having their own opinions and only disagreeing with each other, a democracy allows for the people to act as one group. This form of democracy became a popular…

The United States is a democracy which means, it is a system of government where members ruled directly. Democracy is important to the U.S because this form of government provides freedom to its citizens. This form of government encourages political parties and interest groups to help with the policymaking process. A political party is a group of political people who operate the government with elections and determine public policy. Public policy is unwritten principles in regards to social…

April 2016 America is basically trying to spread American freedom to these countries. Who could disagree that the people of the Middle East deserve democracy? The question is, Was the middle east more peaceful before the americans invaded it? What are we willing to spend in soldiers lives? Is all the ruin and terror caused worth it in the end? Is the use of military force or covert action justified to promote democracy? Is America truly trying to help Iraq? Are Arabs prepared for democracy? Is…

disagreement is essential to the vitality of democracy, while dissent is effectively its cancer. I agree with Boorstin’s distinction as it applies in a historical context because disagreement promoted the rights of the people, while dissent seriously endangered them. However, I do not believe his distinction holds entirely true in contemporary America because the federal government’s protection of people’s rights is too secure for dissent to significantly weaken democracy. During the sequence…