Our readingWhat is a korrent?
Drawn from what Alexis de Tocqueville said
government What states are for and what they are worse at than markets and networks: legitimacy, moral hazard, and who may be entrusted with power.
Indeed, I cannot conceive that a nation can enjoy a secure or prosperous existence without a powerful centralization of government. But I am of opinion that a central administration enervates the nations in which it exists by incessantly diminishing their public spirit.
Where this was said
↗Democracy in America, Volume 1 (1835; Henry Reeve translation)gutenberg.org
All 20 korrents from this piecethis one is 5th
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