De Toqueville said if social equality is permanently practiced in the world
Why will political revolutions become more difficult and less frequent than expected
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In this form of government, the officers are nobles and the soldiers are serfs.
What is an aristocracy.
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This is a form of government by a single authority, either an individual or tightly knit group, which rules with absolute political power.
What is Despotism?
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What does Alexis de Tocqueville think about the emerging "modern" world in respect to previous ages?
He believes that we are entering uncharted areas. In every previous historical record he has reviewed, none can offer input towards where the course of humanity is headed.
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Luther living in an equal society would have done what to his movement?
What is create difficulty of changing the aspect of Europe, because he would not have the princes and potentates for an audience.
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The middle class doesn't always realize what they could gain from a revolution, they mostly think about what they could lose
Who is attached the most to their possessions out of all three social classes
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In this form of government, the army is an oppertunity to advance in status.
What is a democracy.
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Power was frequently abused and subjects were deprived of power and life.
What occurred when Roman Emperors, who possesed immense power, employed the strength of the state?
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What are some characteristics of this newfound age?
-The wealth is being dispersed
-Desires and gratifications are multiplied
-Love of ambition but limits on aspirations
-Weak individualism but strong societal power
-Strengthened bonds of humanity
-Less perfection, more production
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When armies are at times of peace, what does this mean for the ranking of the soldiers?
What is creating little to no progress in their advancement.
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This prepares them for freedom and preserves them from revolution
What does commerce do for men that are opposed to revolutionary passions?
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During a war, military men gain status and glory. This changes after wars are over.
What is the loss of status and revertion to equality.
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They are excited by the desire to remain free and the desire to be led.
What are two conflicting passions by which contemporaries are excited?
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What are Alexis' feelings about the growing conformity of the majority? Why might he feel this way
He is chilled by the lack of great men with great power. His upbringing as nobility has probably biased his opinion.
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According to De Tocqueville, democracies become this when in the time of extreme effervescence and danger.
What is violence and sometimes even cruelty, though these periods will be brief.
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This urges men, but at the same time holds them back; spurs them, but fastens them to earth; kindles their desires, but limits their powers
What is the principle of equality to men?
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The army of a democratic country has its own chain of command, rules, ideas, and customs.
What is the army forms its own small nation.
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People are stronger and more active at large while the individual becomes subordinate and weak.
What is the case of society among democratic nations?
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What is the single most prominent characteristic of this emerging age?
Alexis de Tocqueville believes that the most prominent characteristic of the new age is that all extremes are softened, things are starting to get closer to a median.
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This is De Tocqueville's view on war.
What is enlarging the mind of the people and raises their character; considered as a necessary corrective of certain diseases.
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men that are neither poor or rich, that possessed enough property to desire the maintenance of order , but not enough to create envy
Who are the natural enemies of violent commotion
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De Tocqueville says that there is only one way to control an army in a democratic country.
What is reducing the size of the army.
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Private citizens who come together to constitute great bodies of wealth, influence, and strength are an important factor.
What is an important factor in obtaining the greatest political advantages of Aristocracy without injustice?
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Does Alexis believe that democratic nations can become prosperous? How does he feel about his contemporaries' opinions on the same subject?
He believes that prosperity can most definitely be achieved if everyone wills it on. Alexis considers their opinions cowardly for stating that democratic nations cannot be their own masters.
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The society at large shows this though each individual stands apart in solitary weakness.
What is activeness, provident, and powerful: the performances of private persons ins insignificant, those of the state immense.