Why Tocqueville is relevant

I believe that reading and discussing "How an Aristocracy May Be Created by Industry" remains relevant to today's world because it is important to recognize that the circumstances of some portion of the modern work force is a byproduct of industry in a democratic country, not solely corrupt politicians or businessmen. Historically, the world has perhaps not changed as much as we would like to believe. When Tocqueville published "Democracy in America", well into the Industrial Revolution worldwide, the "work world" so to speak was very different than it is today; yet his average low socioeconomic worker is a man who makes heads for pins, ours is the cashier at McDonald's. Today's common worker still "loses the general faculty of applying his mind to the way he is working" because of his occupation and "becomes weaker, more limited and more dependent" on his job and employer (125).
In a capitalist democratic society such as we are, it appears that creating a world with some form of aristocracy is impossible. As Tocqueville says "the workman is dependent on masters in  general, but not on a particular master" (127). Therefore, we, in order to remain a functioning society, require some form of aristocracy. It is not greedy businessmen or politicians that force a part of our society into poverty, it is a consequence of industry in a democratic society.