GOVT-105 FA2 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-3,6-8: Rulemaking, Individual And Group Rights
31 Mar 2017
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Govt-105 - textbook note - democracy in america, vol ii part iv. Equality renders men independent and gives them a taste for following their own will alone. Engenders distrust of authority and love of political freedom. This naturally leads people towards free institutions. Leads people towards independence that can fall into anarchy. Leads people on a longer, subtler path towards servitude. The idea of secondary powers is unnatural to democratic peoples. More accustomed to a lone central power. They also favor uniform legislation because everyone is the same. Since society seems greater than the individual people accept that the privileges of society are more important than the rights of the individual. Becomes more important to them than local government. The habits of democratic peoples predisposes them to recognize central power. People are individualistic and therefore don"t want to deal with common affairs. Abandon care of it to the state.
