POLISCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Alexis De Tocqueville, Individualism, Soft Despotism
20 Apr 2016
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Public opinion if public officials only do what they think is right, much opposition. Two critics are democracy (how there is no real public opinion) Nietzsche: opinion of the mass does not matter, individual achievement is ideal, culture is judged based on how many successful figures it produced. Have a branch of government that is somewhat removed from government. Can be negative if a group has too much power, no restraints. Majority is a worse tyranny than a king who leads with tyranny. The rule of majority is a mix. Roark, and architect, represents an ideal man. At the end of the film he is standing ontop of a building looking down upon all else. Spirit of man and integrity (integrity to do what you think is right) A man (a person who thinks) vs. mob (and a group who follows each other) Or do we just fear the opposition an alternative belief could raise.
