David Rousseau Social Contract

The Social Contact starts out with one of his most famous quotes.
With the famous phrase, "man is born free, but he is everywhere in chains," Rousseau immediately asserts that the modern society represses the physical freedom that is our birthright. And that it does nothing to assure civil freedom for the benefit of society. He suggests that legitimate political authority comes only from the social contract. The social contract seems to be defined as an implicit agreement amongst the members of society to cooperate for the benefit of society. An example is to sacrifice individual freedom for the better of the state. Rousseau explains the collective grouping of all citizens the "sovereign," and insists that it should be considered to be like

Anything beyond that could vary depending on any local circumstances. Meaning that each state should have its own system and take care of its own matters. While the sovereign exercised legislative power by laws, states also need a government to practice executive power, in order to carry out day-to-day business. There are many different forms of government, yet they can roughly be divided into democracy, aristocracy, and monarchy, depending on their size. A monarchy is considered the strongest form of government. It is best fit for larger populations. While different states are more fit for different forms of governing. Rousseau maintained that aristocracies tended to be the most stable of them all. He said that the government is different from the sovereign, and the two are almost always in conflict. This type of conflict will be the down fall of the state, but his idea was that healthy states can last many centuries before they will dissipate. Rousseau states that the people can and should exercise their sovereignty by meeting in regular assemblies. It is often difficult to persuade each and every citizen to attend assemblies, but attendance of such events is essential to the overall well being of the