“Soft despotism is a term coined by Alexis de Tocqueville describing the state into which a country overrun by "a network of small complicated rules" might degrade. Soft despotism is different from despotism (also called 'hard despotism') in the sense that it is not obvious to the people."
This is an English language clip for Russia Today. It may be heavy handed but represents the real sentiment of the media elites in the US. It will be interesting to see who has the last smirk at the white working class voter come November.