Even the famous Alexis de Tocqueville recognized the prejudices in American democracy but noted its greatness as well; "I confess that in America I saw more than America; I sought the image of democracy itself, with its inclinations, its character, its prejudices, and its passions, in order to learn what we have to fear or hope from its progress" (Ball, p.45). ...
Ultimately the main freedom the Social Contract provides is positive freedom, it is freedom from the baser desires and inclinations inherent in man which allows him to gain moral freedom and to "live the life that the rational person would chose to live". ...
The American government was created on righteous morals created out of the ashes of governments of the past that had failed such as, Romans, the Greeks, and the Egyptians. Many great and brilliant minds were put together to come up with a government based around, liberty, equality, and the pursuit of happiness. The one problem that emerged is that which we all have, we are all human. Humans seem to have many weaknesses, and these weaknesses are normal and that is how humans were developed. Over our lifetime we develop: greed, power, lust, hate, deceitfulness, and betrayal. ...
