I must confess that I'm deep in Tocqueville and Kirk Fatigue

(mainly because of milquetoast conservatives' over-reliance on them) though this essay does acknowledge Tocqueville's recognition of ethnic (and therefore cultural) solidarity as a necessary foundation for republican (not "democratic") government.

Tocqueville on America’s Colonial Experience & the Seeds of Democracy (essay by Bradley J. Birzer) https://t.co/ZdFwEVruvq

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