POLSCI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Alexis De Tocqueville, Jane Addams, Attack Dog
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American - idea that america is a classless society not true; this society has classes according to sumner, the privileged class = the poor. Sumner warns that we are entering into a dangerous time: We shall nd that every e ort to realize equality necessitates a sacri ce of liberty (15) Lincoln: declared that nation is conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. he used the federal gov to make that proposition real. Poverty is the best policy this is him being sarcastic" and ironic" if you live in a perverse world b/c you"re better o aiming for poverty instead of aiming for success. Conservatives (changes): embrace and defend progress and change through market society promote self-interest advocate individualism and competition embrace democracy. Liberalism: has always valued equality and individual rights, but was afraid of concentrated power biggest change to liberalism: using gov to regulate markets and protect rights.
