n politics. Upon which, they return to their everyday lives feeling that they are the ones in control of their government.De Tocqueville worries that this love for equality is that which could possibly threaten the freedom of the individual citizens. He is concerned that as more and more control and decision-making is taken from the people and placed in the hands of elected representatives, the people become more complacent and less apt to want to regain this control. In a sense, the people dont want to worry themselves over such matters. In this changing of priorities by the masses, the government can slowly take more and more power from the people. Just enough that will not be noticed, or so irrelevant in the peoples minds that they will relinquish it quite easily. The government will begin to implement laws and regulations and it easily becomes so difficult to intervene in public affairs that even the most intelligent of men will not have the will power to try. And those that do are unable to make themselves noticed to the rest of the newly created mob that is called society, as the main body of citizens has become totally detached from government.This possible problem with the effects of the democratic passion for equality is echoed in the writings of other authors as well. Mosca states his belief on the system of political organization that is based upon a single absolute principle. He presents the idea, identical to De Tocqueville, that when the entire political class is organized after a single pattern, it is difficult for all social forces to participate in public life, and more difficult for any one force to counterbalance another. Naturally, a system with elected representatives is specifically subject to this theory. Coinciding with this belief, Mosca feels that the checks and balances that exist in democracy and bureaucracy are inadequate and never perform to their fullest potential.Nietzsche only adds fuel to the...
