Chapter 1, paragraphs 4-5
Society 'practises a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression... it leaves fewer means of escape, penetrating much more deeply into the details of life.'
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From On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
Mill warns that democratic societies face not only political despotism but the more insidious threat of social and moral coercion by majority opinion penetrating into private life.
Chapter 3
Critique of Chinese stationariness and modern conformity as outcomes of majority pressure.
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