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S4E2 – Restraining the Tyranny of the Majority

September 20, 2023 Eric Luppold Governed by God 27:47

Today I continue looking at Alexis de Tocqueville’s work Democracy in America, written in the 1830s. He saw Americans as having an inordinate love of the power of the majority. Yet even so, liberty remained strong in the land. How was that possible? What was restraining the power of the majority in the United States?…

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S4E1 – Roots of American Cancel Culture

September 6, 2023 Eric Luppold Governed by God 0:37:29

To start off this season, I look at the writings of Alexis de Tocqueville, specifically his work Democracy in America written in the 1830s. Today I consider his chapter on omnipotence and tyranny of the majority. In democracy, we say that majority rules. But what restrains the majority from abusing their power? What about when the…

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