Alexis de Toqueville
"WHAT THE REAL ADVANTAGES ARE WHICH AMERICAN SOCIETY DERIVES FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRACY"
Chapter 14
Democracy in America
https://dn790009.ca.archive.org/0/items/democracyiname01tocq/democracyiname01tocq.pdf
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1/ of 2 reading meow.
not going to copy out the next part.
The Frenchman believed, at the time, that criticism of our government was not tolerated (in any case not tolerated by a foreigner)
He explains, in his view, the pride Americans have in their County is very personal, because we own it and run it (as it should be but not how it has evolved to be)