De Tocqueville confuses me when he says, “Democratic freedom does not carry its undertakings through as perfectly as an intelligent despotism would; it often abandons them before it has reaped the profit, or embarks on perilous ones; but in the long run it produces more; each thing is less well done, but more things are done.” I understand that everything about America and democracy was infinitely better than his current political situation in France, but to have a governmental system that does not try its hardest on everything seems wrong. I think if a democracy is doing things just to get them done and not actually putting forth effort, it is not beneficial to the people. If government officials were to do this, I would think that they don’t actually care about making the government work for the society.
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