minority rule in america
The People Who Control Your Mind: A Look At Minority Rule In AmericaAlexis de Tocqueville discussed how he believed that majority rules in the United States. He writes about how the majority in America has control over the opinions of the masses and how people do not think for themselves. The latter part of that is true. The masses do not form many of their own opinions but these opinions are not given to them, like Tocqueville says, by the majority. These "ready made opinions" (Tocqueville 11) are given to American people by a powerful few. Tocquville's writing does not apply to the US today because several kinds of minorities wield inordinate amounts of power in modern American society. The media is the main source of information for America today. Tocquevill
The only two candidates who really have a chance of being our next President are Al Gore and George W. This means that the ideas and opinions that the masses are accepting are those ideas and opinions of a certain few people, a minority. Many of the leading media corporations are run by a handful of people. "A president can cause immeasurable harm (or good) purely on his own authority"(Alterman 12). "Everybody there adopts great numbers of theories, on philosophy, morals, and politics, without inquiry"(Tocqueville 11) These forms of media, newspapers, television and radio to name a few are filled with opinions and ideas that people just accept. The United States today is run by a small number of very powerful people. Both of these are wealthy, white, Christian family men. The Religious right, who supports the Republican candidate, wants to "bring America back to moral sanity" in the words of Jerry Falwell, one of the movements founders. Political and economic power is in the hands of a few, like Gore and Bush. Today is a very important time concerning the future of the Presidency and our country. The reason that they want this is so they can have control of the masses.
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