John Dewey: “The invasion of the community by the new and relatively impersonal and mechanical modes of combined human behavior is…”

The clear consciousness of a communal life, in all its implications, constitutes the idea of democracy.

But this conclusion is an obvious invitation to trial of forces to see where superior force lies.

Personal loyalties to elders take the place of political obedience.

Is the public much more than what a cynical diplomat once called Italy: a geographical expression?