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**HaroldMY** · 08-25-2009, 06:33 AM

As to the Puritans we should all remember that their colony was failing until the Wampanoags helped. May we should learn more about them and their way of life that helped to create the colony in our history books.

I think who Tocqueville is commenting on is important. These would probably be mostly lower class people as the “middle class” would have been a small number of people in the US. Among the lower class he certainly would have found everything he described. They would absolutely need to be energetic, thrifty and inventive.

I would think that if Tocqueville were to visit America today he would find things very similar, except that industrialization created a new middle class tied to the company for life, or companies for life. I think he would find among small businesses and single owner-employee businesses the same energy, thrift, and work ethic.

We could return to the work ethic of the past by shrinking the middle class eliminating industrial jobs.

08-25-2009, 06:33 AM	#2
HaroldMY Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 512 Senior Member	As to the Puritans we should all remember that their colony was failing until the Wampanoags helped. May we should learn more about them and their way of life that helped to create the colony in our history books. I think who Tocqueville is commenting on is important. These would probably be mostly lower class people as the “middle class” would have been a small number of people in the US. Among the lower class he certainly would have found everything he described. They would absolutely need to be energetic, thrifty and inventive. I would think that if Tocqueville were to visit America today he would find things very similar, except that industrialization created a new middle class tied to the company for life, or companies for life. I think he would find among small businesses and single owner-employee businesses the same energy, thrift, and work ethic. We could return to the work ethic of the past by shrinking the middle class eliminating industrial jobs.
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