Men living in democratic societies tend to develop too many passions.Therefore, it is not surprising that americans display as many passions as they do,argues Tocqueville.Most of these tend to be passion for wealth,for powers.So he argues,he had never been to a society of such restless entrepreneurs driven by desire and ambition,to move out of their original modest position to a higher one.Nowadays all americans struggle to acquire property if they have none and would seek to accumuate where they are modestly propertied. One car produces the desire to have a second one.One is never enough. Two is adequate.More is better and securer