according 2 Rousseau,it is as if man is fated by his intelligence to involve himself ever more deeply in misery,Once economic inequality had arisen,the possessions of the rich were in danger from the resentment of the poor.The situation produced a fraud to meet it.The rich suggested a social- contract that would turn poor tn to defenders of a system they might otherwise have destroyed.Under the plea of mutual advantage and common obligations,they were persuaded to surrender their liberty. Such was, or may have been, the origin of society and law which bound new fetters on the poor,and gave new powers to the rich which irretrievably destroyed Natural liberty,eternally fixed the law of property and inequality,converted clever usurpation into unalterable right,and for the advantage of a few ambitious individuals,subjected all mankind to perpetual labour,slavery and wretchedness.The state,as would say the Marxist ,is "the gang in power")
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according 2 Rousseau,it is as if man is fated by his intelligence to involve himself ever more deeply in misery,Once economic inequality had arisen,the possessions of the rich were in danger from the resentment of the poor.The situation produced a fraud to meet it.The rich suggested a social- contract that would turn poor tn to defenders of a system they might otherwise have destroyed.Under the plea of mutual advantage and common obligations,they were persuaded to surrender their liberty. Such was, or may have been, the origin of society and law which bound new fetters on the poor,and gave new powers to the rich which irretrievably destroyed Natural liberty,eternally fixed the law of property and inequality,converted clever usurpation into unalterable right,and for the advantage of a few ambitious individuals,subjected all mankind to perpetual labour,slavery and wretchedness.The state,as would say the Marxist ,is "the gang in power")