For this discussion, you must write on the following topic.  In his famous examination of Americans and the American political system in the early nineteenth century, French author Alexis de Tocqueville contended that Americans were individualistic, pragmatic, hard-working, freedom-loving, and industrious among other qualities. In his treatise, Democracy in America, he argued that these common American qualities allowed its people to form a government that reflected these values which, at the time, were unique in his estimation. So, was Tocqueville correct? Are these qualities uniquely and exclusively American?  Moreover, do they still apply to twenty-first-century America?  You must write a post of at least 150 words on this topic.