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Eps 454 - Is Despotism Possible in America?

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I have actually asked many people this question and I am always amazed at how many answer with an emphatic, NO. The entire history of the world is made of stories of men who want to be free and other men that want to rule over free men. There is no shortage of tyrants in the world and it requires constant vigilance to keep them powerless. Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" addressed this very subject but from the perspective of 'tyranny of the majority'. In America today we are losing liberty for all the reasons de Tocqueville pointed out way back in 1830.

Thomas International Center - Alexis de Tocqueville

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2djyr_92OM⁠

Joe Rogan - Soft Men...Hard Times

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r0jp_z20rs

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