Why Tocqueville Believes that Equality Leads to a Love of Centralized Authority

Equality makes men independent and unwilling to submit to another will. This love of political liberty leads to free institutions where one chooses leaders whose actions will support his own independence and freedom. In America, this has taken shape in centralized authority.
One reason for this is that centralized authority is simple. In ages of equality, human behavior tends towards individualism. The natural tendency is then to focus on individual life, rather than that of the community. …