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Change in America Reflection

Throughout the year, we constantly discussed our will and our capacity for change. De Tocqueville says that its not equality that leads to revolutions, but inequality, only when there are the great gaps, will there be great change, fundamental change not secondary change. De Tocqueville accused us of being "fundamentally conservative" and I fear that he may be correct, because in American democracy, our equality gives men greater freedom to change but at the same time less interest in doing so. We can basically make up our mind to do anything, as long as we choose to do it. But at the same time we have less interest in fundamental change, because right now in society Americans are satisfied with what they have, and fear that great change will threaten it. And as a result of this democratic equality that we have achieved, American’s become more and more smallminded. I fear that day that Americans become so attached to immediate pleasure that we will prefer tamely to follow the course of destiny, and choose to use their individual personality to decorate their myspace pages. As Shakespeare said, "Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em."

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