Why is Alexis de Tocqueville important today | Niall Ferguson | 5x15 NY

[@PhreezyOnTheBeat]

Interesting commentary on the trade off between ‘liberty’ and ‘equality.’ Reminds me of a Milton Friedman quote, something about seeking equality before liberty and thus achieving neither.

[@RunningDeerOne]

Fascinating that Chinese leadership is reading de Tocqueville seriously.

[@gabbar51ngh]

They read lots of western works. They read Carl Schmitt too.

[@Columbus1152]

The difference between the French revolution which probably shaped Tocqueville's views, the minions were purging feudalism and today, half of us are concerned about entering a period of neo feudalism and the other half don't care. I just don't see how we can avoid a confrontation of philosophies.

[@ywhistlee]

11:56 if this isn't the problem unfolding in the United States...

[@theoptimisticpessimist9335]

Do you mind elaborating?

[@joaocosta5193]

it isn't lol

[@dranelemakol]

​@@joaocosta5193 it one hundred percent is

[@luissalcedo7229]

How come that De Tocqueville does not appear in your bio as of the people that you were influenced by?

[@jdawgbroski]

If corporate power is so overbearing, and late-stage capitalism so immoral and corrupt, then simply saying, "regulate less," and have more "liberty" is a bit of a joke.

[@jdawgbroski]

? Gee, it is almost as if society and commerce have become far, far bigger and more complicated than they were in 1835.