money being the only achievement that America respected; book being sold being judged at market value instead of literary value,

democracy breeds envy and shame; when variations of wealth are small the slightest variation attracts attention whereas in Europe with a hierarchical and unjust system people do not need to take the achievement of others as such a reference point in order to find themselves wanting in status,

tyranny of the majority, in a society ruled by the majority the society has a severe leveling instinct,

democracy turns people against authority; comparison to Europe where people looked up to various traits of people that stood out whereas in America people disregarded authorities such that democracy leads to mediocrity,

democracy undermines freedom of thinking; Americans giving up on critical thinking and placing their faith in news outlets or common sense and it became wiser to trot out cliches instead of being original,