He worried about the tyranny of the majority, by opinion as much as by law. His chapter on historians in democratic ages is certainly still relevant. John Lukacs tipped me to it years ago.https://twitter.com/jchmcl09/status/1293055796666863617 …
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I re-read Democracy in America in full last year and I felt his insights were as relevant as ever. In fact, I think they tell us quite a bit about American group psychology and suggest how Americans would use future media (including social media) to construct identities.
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Replying to @AviWoolf @RBrookhiser
So many times I found myself saying, "Is this guy really writing this in 1830?" I should say more the sociologist than group psychologist. I mean, his bit on the common language of lawyers as a way to legitimize a society under the rule of law v. rule of a monarch was brilliant.
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Sadly, he was also terrible at practical politics when he actually got power.
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