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De Tocqueville on the other hand, believes that democracy leads to selfishness. This is because with democracy also comes liberty and equality, which leads to one of America’s proudest points...individualism. De Tocqueville argues in favor of aristocratic nations for the reason that in that political formation everyone is looking out for everyone, above and below them in the class scale, instead of just themselves. Democracy severs the links between people. De Tocqueville believes that individualism becomes selfishness in democratic societies because in equal societies ties are cut. It’s just you, and all you need to look out for is yourself, and no one is looking out for you.

4)Locke’s views on the nature of freedom differ from Rousseau in the sense that Locke believes that freedom is established with government. He believes that laws give us the freedom to live as we like without fearing things like loss of property. Locke believed that people gained more freedom on

1)De Tocqueville argues that too much equality is a threat to liberty because in equal societies the individual has no real power. In order for “the people” to get anything done they need to ban together in large groups- which can prove to be difficult because the equal people in the democratic nations have no real ties to each other. He also argues that in an “equal” society, the need to think for ones self isn’t as necessary, or just one of a few general opinions will be fed into a person’s head. I can see where De Tocqueville is coming from here as I see the great majority or our nation voting for people like George Bush and Arnold.

Then there is Rousseau who believes in the kindness and goodwill of people. Sure people in Rousseau’s world will trust that a friend is selling them quality jewels. Social capital would even work in Rousseau’s state of nature as that is the purest and most innocent state of man. Rousseau strongly believes in the power of men to come together when times are tough even and find a way to work things out.

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