Democracy in America

Dinah White Political Science 354 American Political Thought Mid-Term Examination # 2 I am told that some of you think I support uncritically America’ s experiment in democratic government and society. Tonight I want to set the record straight, not only have I criticized some aspects of American Democracy but also I have put pen to paper on weaknesses of these aspects in my volumes, “Democracy in America.” At the root of these weaknesses is the inability of …showed first 75 words of 911 total…

…showed last 75 words of 911 total…democratic tendency to follow the passions rather than reason, the election of government officials, their inefficient use of money, and their lack of skill in conducting foreign affairs, fear of majority tyranny, and inequality of the races. America may be fortunate to have time to fix its mistakes because there is no immediate danger threatening it. Yet this inability to see the truth may be a problem hurts their society internally in the long run.