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Democracy in America

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What’s it about?

A French aristocrat's timeless exploration of America's democratic experiment, revealing both its promise and its hidden dangers.

You’ll learn

  • Equality can breed a new kind of tyranny
  • Local associations are democracy's lifeblood
  • Religion tames democratic passions
  • Individualism risks soft despotism