Debate Question 1
Americans have historically been overly concerned with equality, ultimately to the detriment of freedom.
Day: September 2, 2019
Tocqueville & His Predictions
Tocqueville was able to make very strong and intelligent predictions especially in his setting of pre-civil war, but they were not all correct. One of the predictions that he makes is how the racial tension and the differences in people… Read moreTocqueville & His Predictions
Shane ERA
The film Shane is about a lone cowboy, Shane, who is traveling through the Wyoming territory when he comes across a small family of homesteaders. After some initial awkward introductions, Shane sympathizes with the homesteaders and agrees to work as… Read moreShane ERA
Tocqueville on Slavery
I was very interested by what Tocqueville had to say in “THE PRESENT AND PROBABLE FUTURE CONDITION OF THE THREE RACES THAT INHABIT THE TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES”. Mostly, I thought a lot about his views on slavery, and… Read moreTocqueville on Slavery
THE PRESENT AND PROBABLE FUTURE CONDITION OF THE THREE RACES THAT INHABIT THE TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Tocqueville had a very good prediction of the future of Native American civilization in North America. One comment about the Natives that stood out to me was that he said their two choices were to join civilization with the Europeans,… Read moreTHE PRESENT AND PROBABLE FUTURE CONDITION OF THE THREE RACES THAT INHABIT THE TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES