![]() ![]() ![]() Why is the desire for greater equality "insatiable" in democratic societies? Why will there never be enough of it? -When inequality of conditions is the common law of society, the most marked inequalities do not strike the eye when everything is nearly on the same level, the slightest are marked enough to hurt it. When men are nearly alike and all follow the same track, it is very difficult for any one individual to walk quickly and cleave a way through the dense throng that surrounds and presses on him. ![]() opened the door to universal competition the barrier has changed its shape rather than its position Men will then be seen continually to change their track for fear of missing the shortest cut to happiness. Why are Americans mistaken in believing that because hereditary status and privilege have been abolished, no barriers remain to their future achievements? What circumstances produce new barriers? - neither laws nor customs retain any person in his place, there is a great additional stimulant to this restlessness of temper. ![]()
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