people” are. Realistically, in a democratic form of government the majority among the people has the power to make decisions binding upon the whole . The question that naturally arises when analysing the ideas expressed by Rousseau, Mill and Tocqueville is the following: to what extent the rule of the majority in a democracy could become an impediment to minorities and still allow democracy to be considered as such? The rule of the majority is not directly an obstacle to minorities, but it could become
TYRANNY of MAJORITY The structure of public sphere and its relations with political sphere can give sufficient clues to describe a country’s regime. How is public opinion shaped with the effect of this relationship? Is the public opinion, as it is supposed to be, represent all dynamics in a society? Can democracy be manipulate,? How is this manipulation prevented? These questions are also important to answer after describing the structure of public sphere and political sphere in democratic countries
California politics better through Tocqueville’s analysis of the passions for equality and the dangers that exist because of it in America. According to Tocqueville people in the America would be prefer living in slavish conditions rather than living in disparity with one another in the name of equality. Slight gaps in wealth, novelty, and status between Americans is more noticeable than compared to a government of aristocracy. In an aristocracy the vast majority of the society is poor and completely unequal
Tocqueville and Marx both argue for an egalitarian modern society but their idea of equality for the modern social order differs, which leads to two distinctive conclusions, democracy for the former and communism for the latter, which is adopted by different nations in the world. Both social theorists place high importance in analysing the history of society to determine the modern social order, and agree with the rise of the industrial capitalist society following the collapse of the feudal social
Power No water, food, or adults. What would you do? Would you be one of the responsible ones? Or one of the people caught up in the uncivilized acts of murder, greed, and fear? The characters in the book, Lord of the Flies, arrive on the island not knowing anything. These are little boys, so their actions reflect nothing but utter irresponsibility. When there is such irresponsibility, it leads to total chaos and savage-like behavior. The boy’s decisions lack maturity at best, but this could
For example Herodotus’s writings were not always reliable because he did not separate fact from fiction and would compose long speeches, which in majority never actually took place. An example of this is the speech he quoted that Xerxes made to the Persian nobles. Herodotus included cultures, stories, and legends of the numerous people who made up the Persian Empire in his writings. Herodotus used
How arms affect people’s life? Since Chinese government has banned the circulation and the folk trade of firearms in the middle of the last century, whether guns should or can be held by the ordinary people in China remains to be a controversial topic. It is a worth-discussing topic since it is a momentous issue bonded with the society’s security and stability. Some people argues that the ordinary people should appeal for the legal ownership of the guns to protect themselves, while some others insist