This week on Uncommon Knowledge, from Toqueville to Obama -- and from a republic characterized by individual liberty to the vast, yawning maw of the welfare state. Our guest, Dr. Paul A. Rahe, professor of history and political science at Hillsdale College, and the author, most recently, of Soft Despotism.
Soft despotism comes, Tocqueville thinks, when very gradually within a liberal democratic polity the government offers a helping hand to people. It’s always welcome.Source: The Corner RSS Feed
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