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In 1762, Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote his most famous tratise, "The Social Contract, Or Principles of Political Right."
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| I'll agree with a portion of Locke's consent of the governed, to a point. However, an effective and true social contract should not exist between man and government. | |
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He reasoned that democracy was the best way to conduct society. The ideal society should be conducted through direct, participatory democracy, not representative.
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| Rather, it should be between man and his fellow man. If a government exists, it should respond to the people's general will. No, it actually should BE the general will. | |
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| *[The Social Contract, Book III, 15. DEPUTIES OR REPRESENTATIVES] | |
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| Each and every one needs to have input in government for it to be legit. Every law the people has not ratified in person is null and void — is, in fact, not a law.* | |
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