printed materials was a role of the enlightment spread
The group responsible for opposing the marshall plan when it
was first proposed in the year 1947 because of the reason that they saw it as
an international WPA is the republicans. The republicans is considered to be
one of the major political parties in the united states that is known to have a
historic rival towards the democratic party.
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Citizens are expected to actively participate in the political process.
A democracy cannot function well unless the people (the "demos" in ancient Greek language) take an active role in educating themselves about issues in society and participating in civic life. Citizens exercise their rights to free speech and freedom of assembly, and especially cast their votes on issues (in referendum ballots) and for candidates for leadership offices. Some citizens may run for public offices and serve in that way, but all citizens are expected to be part of the political processes that keep the city, state or country operating in beneficial ways.
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In his famous work from the 1830s, <em>Democracy in America, </em>Alexis de Tocqueville put
great stress upon the direct involvement of all citizens in the democratic
functioning of society, through their regular association with one another in civic groups.
Tocqueville urged that in a democracy, individual citizens need to learn to
unite in association with one another to work as a group to protect their
freedoms against the encroachment of tyranny. Tocqueville said that the most
democratic country on earth is, above all, where individuals have "most
perfected the art of pursuing the object of their common desires in
common." He thought there is a "necessary relation between
associations and equality."
