Oops - forgot to check excerpt.
See the whole article here please:
http://www.nationalreview.com/novak/novak200512210809.asp
The paleo-Coms of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s obviously read DeToqueville. They knew exactly where and how to strike to weaken our Republic.
What would he think of his own homeland???
He did. Now given the circumstances, would you rather be in the ruled class or the ruling class?
"What would he think of democracy in today's America?"
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He wouldn't recognize it.
Reminds me of the people Wells invents in "The Time Machine."
Just that excerpt alone is perfectly written, and right on the money.
I guarantee you my high school son's history teacher hasn't read him, and wouldn't in a million years teach him in his class.
T's prescient pontificating has me thinking along the lines of the DNC planks with a supporting role by the rinos of the gop...