Democracy in America
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Oct 30, 2026
speaker_16SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yes.
Larry ElderHOST
I'm sure you read the book by Alexis de Tocqueville called Democracy in America.
Larry ElderHOST
This is a Frenchman.
Larry ElderHOST
And he toured this brand new country called the United States of America in the 1830s.
Joel PollakGUEST
And Alexis de Tocqueville became one of my favorite writers and philosophers.
Joel PollakGUEST
And he wrote Democracy in America.
Joel PollakGUEST
And he has a chapter in Democracy in America where he says the defining characteristic of Americans is they have this idea of what he called self-interest properly understood.
Joel PollakGUEST
That is, everybody pursues their own self-interest in America.
Joel PollakGUEST
People are out for themselves, but they're out for themselves in a way that helps the community.
Christoph WaltzSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yes.
Larry ElderHOST
I'm sure you read the book by Alexis de Tocqueville called Democracy in America.
Larry ElderHOST
This is a Frenchman.
Larry ElderHOST
And he toured this brand new country called the United States of America in the 1830s.
Seth LeibsohnHOST
lectures, right, and I have my copy of the Federalist Papers.
Seth LeibsohnHOST
I have my copy of Tocqueville's Democracy in America.
Seth LeibsohnHOST
We were going to study both, talk about both, lecture on both, and all my notes are in them with the underlying highlighted line.
Seth LeibsohnHOST
Not there.
Mike SlaterHOST
And then the other third, it's the most important thing.
Mike SlaterHOST
On my radio show, we talked about this and we went over some Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, where he talked about patriotism.
Mike SlaterHOST
The very quick of it here, because we're going to go thump the Bible here in a minute.
Mike SlaterHOST
But de Tocqueville said there's two types of patriotism.
Mike SlaterHOST
To sort of paraphrase de Tocqueville, He would say the left here has intentionally changed our customs, destroyed our public morality, shaken our religious beliefs, and broke our traditions.
Mike SlaterHOST
And de Tocqueville said when that happens, the country is lost.
Mike SlaterHOST
It's chapter 14 of Democracy in America, if you want to read more.
Mike SlaterHOST
I just want to share that as an intro to this clip here of the great Douglas Murray.
Mike SlaterHOST
And then the other third, it's the most important thing.
Mike SlaterHOST
On my radio show, we talked about this and we went over some Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, where he talked about patriotism.
Mike SlaterHOST
The very quick of it here, because we're going to go thump the Bible here in a minute.
Mike SlaterHOST
But de Tocqueville said there's two types of patriotism.
Mike SlaterHOST
To sort of paraphrase de Tocqueville, He would say the left here has intentionally changed our customs, destroyed our public morality, shaken our religious beliefs, and broke our traditions.
Mike SlaterHOST
And de Tocqueville said when that happens, the country is lost.
Mike SlaterHOST
It's chapter 14 of Democracy in America, if you want to read more.
Mike SlaterHOST
I just want to share that as an intro to this clip here of the great Douglas Murray.
Éros BroussonGUEST
A book also on the way, actually inspired by Alexis de Tocqueville, with this great book that I have here.
Éros BroussonGUEST
He wrote Democracy in America.
Bridget PhetasyHOST
Oh, yeah, amazing book.
Éros BroussonGUEST
Which is a masterpiece.
Larry ElderHOST
And this is what's really important.
Larry ElderHOST
And this is what Alexis de Tocqueville found when he wrote his book, Democracy in America, in the 1830s.
Larry ElderHOST
That America was full of what were called mutual aid societies, where communities got together to help those who were in need, to help those who needed health care.
Larry ElderHOST
Quote, respondents, meaning the people that they asked questions of, the Amish, also mentioned the benefits of assisting others and helping others while helping themselves.
14 MINS LATER
Larry ElderHOST
How many homes does Bernie Sanders own? Three, he's now a multimillionaire.
Larry ElderHOST
And when asked how he became a multimillionaire,
speaker_15UNKNOWN
I bought a book, wrote a book, it's a bestseller.
Larry ElderHOST
And was a publisher privately owned or publicly owned? Just a thought.
Mike SlaterHOST
In fact, many hate this country.
Mike SlaterHOST
Alexis de Tocqueville wrote about this in Democracy in America.
Mike SlaterHOST
He said there's two types of patriotism.
Mike SlaterHOST
He said you have first you have your it's just an instinctive one.
Mike SlaterHOST
And the more you do that, you'll love it more.
Mike SlaterHOST
You'll love the country even more.
Mike SlaterHOST
But I want to share that because of this quote from de Tocqueville, great democracy in America.
Mike SlaterHOST
He said, The way, if you're not, if the patriotism's low in America, which half the population, or whatever, a third of the population, Democrats.
Larry ElderHOST
And this is what's really important.
Larry ElderHOST
And this is what Alexis de Tocqueville found when he wrote his book, Democracy in America, in the 1830s.
Larry ElderHOST
That America was full of what were called mutual aid societies, where communities got together to help those who were in need, to help those who needed health care.
Larry ElderHOST
Quote, respondents, meaning the people that they asked questions of, the Amish.
15 MINS LATER
Larry ElderHOST
He's now a multimillionaire.
Larry ElderHOST
And when asked how he became a multimillionaire,
Lorenzo SewellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I bought a book, wrote a book.
Lorenzo SewellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's a bestseller.
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