Is the former Iranian president right? Have most Americans read Alexis de Tocqueville? https://www.c-span.org/program/interview/iranian-president-interview-clip/73547>Khatemi the Political Philosopher. Khatemi's talk reflected his interest in abstract political philosophy. He discussed Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America, which he said "I am sure most Americans have read." His rather pedantic, lecture on American history suggested that Khatemi's ideal society is seventeenth century Puritan New England, complete with witchcraft trials and persecution of those who disagree with the government-dictated views.>Khatemi's long discourse on political philosophy seems designed more for an Iranian audience than for an American one. He lauded "the Anglo-American approach to religion [for] rel[ying] on the principle that religion and liberty are consistent and compatible." He repeated this theme, arguing, "one of the greatest tragedies in human history is this confrontation between religion and liberty." As ordinary Iranians know full well, it is not the United States which faces a confrontation between religion and liberty: it is Iran.
>>530423567Ayatollah Robin Williams??!?
>>530423567Kek this makes me laugh everytime
>>530423567average american cant even find the US on a world mapyou think they know Tocqueville
>>530423661Chabad Chabad
>>530423567Yeah in English it’s called “Alex of Tacoville” It’s about this fat fuckin beaner from Tacoville that drives a lowrider and steals rims
