Democracy in America
by Alexis de Toqueville · first published 2007
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on “Ask HN: What are your favorite books or essays written at least 100 years ago?” ↗…citizen, who bore the responsibility of educating himself before speaking. Even modern political philosophers recognize that without an educated citizenry, democracy is impossible. Alexis de Toqueville in "Democracy in America" found the concern of the commoner for the welfare of the nation to be a key to the success of the American experiment of self-government under law. Looking at how poorly educated our citizens are about…
on “Want a Stronger Democracy? Invest in Education” ↗…hesitation that the art of navigation is every day making such rapid progress, that the finest vessel would become almost useless if it lasted beyond a certain number of years." Alexis de Toqueville, "Democracy in America," 1840
on “The myth of inevitable technological progress” ↗…of sweat or their minds be troubled by a moment of doubt?" Here's a quote from Digital Vegan pondering the writing of De Tocqueville: Political scientist Alexis De Toqueville writing in his 1840 Democracy in America [DeTocqueville35] questions the perils of convenient systems so perfect in their pampering and coddling that they render life pointless. Of what today we would call cybernetic governance, he writes:…
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