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re: Can you guess who this quote is from...
Posted on 4/15/14 at 8:58 pm to Zach
Posted on 4/15/14 at 8:58 pm to Zach
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“Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.”
I have no idea who's quote it is but difference is democracy is a form of governance and socialism is an ideology, neither of which are preferred.
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Posted on 4/16/14 at 12:21 am to constant cough
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I have no idea who's quote it is but difference is democracy is a form of governance and socialism is an ideology, neither of which are preferred.
In the modern taxonomies of a 9th grade civics class in 2014 that may be correct. But democracy in the way Tocqueville was writing was just as much an ideology in the first half of the 18th century. Perhaps today we would classify his word democracy as classical liberalism.
I noticed there was a link to an article that equated the socialism Tocqueville discussed to the welfare state. This would be a historical anachronism as well as, the socialists Tocqueville was dealing with wanted dictatorship and the abolition of private property among other radical measures.
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