The American Political Tradition
Title: The American Political Tradition
Category: /Law & Government/Government & Politics
Details: Words: 758 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
The American Political Tradition
Category: /Law & Government/Government & Politics
Details: Words: 758 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
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Hofstadter says that from the business of industry comes the business of politics. These industrialists, who accumulated wealth and lived so luxuriously, set the standard of living for others. This tendency to acquire and enjoy flowed into politics where it multiplied among the politicians and thus, the standards of success in politics changed. Now the object was money; that was success.