Tocqueville's Doctrine of Self-Interest Rightly Understood (John Wilsey - Acton Institute)

John Wilsey, Ph.D., of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, delivers an address as part of the "Reclaiming the West: Public Spirit and Public Virtue" conference in Washington D.C. on December 6, 2017.
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[@abbybies6644]

This speaker seems to be deliberately misreading Tocqueville

[@9e7exkbzvwpf7c]

The "materialism" Tocqueville talked about was not "love of things" or "wealth" but "the belief that all is matter." What a fucking joke of a speaker to mix that up.

[@csfischer007]

That’s exactly what he said at the beginning.