A review by livgreads
Democracy in America and Two Essays on America by Alexis de Tocqueville

4.0

Everyone needs to read this book I am being so serious right now. De Toqueville breaks down every single possible facet of our democratic system in America (to the point of slight excess, volume 2 was a lot drier / less visibly relevant than volume 1) in an educated and surprisingly unbiased way. I was particularly impressed with his treatment of the Native American & slavery issues of the time, for a white aristocrat. There is definitely a good bit of prophecy in this book regarding where America could end up - or democracies in general - and I copied several quotes. It's a monster of a read, but it's worth it.