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Me after imagining the perfect political entity in my head and ascribing it metaphysical qualities that make it logically incoherent for it to do wrong: Okay, okay, let's inspire the French Revolution
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Foreward author clarifies not only that Rosseau was apparently dealing in the purely hypothetical, but also that he only ever intended what he came up with to apply to a city-state. Fantastic.
Foreward author, despite being Rosseau's #1 fan (as expected of one writing a foreward), also admits that Rosseau's idea of the "general will" basically just sucks. Given the description of it so far, I'm inclined to agree
— Apr 23, 2026 07:36AM
Foreward author, despite being Rosseau's #1 fan (as expected of one writing a foreward), also admits that Rosseau's idea of the "general will" basically just sucks. Given the description of it so far, I'm inclined to agree
