These facts explain why the more things changed, the more they were the same; they account, that is, for the fact that instead of the sweeping revolution which was expected to result from democratic political machinery, there was in the main but a transfer of vested power from one class to another.
Dewey discusses the limited change brought about by democratic political systems, highlighting the persistence of power dynamics.
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