{"id":831,"date":"2025-06-11T00:04:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T06:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marginalnonhermit.com\/?p=831"},"modified":"2025-06-11T00:04:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T06:04:34","slug":"slavery-in-service-of-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marginalnonhermit.com\/?p=831","title":{"rendered":"Slavery in Service of Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Part 2 of Critiquing Rousseau&#8217;s <em>Social Contract<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe id=\"odysee-iframe\" style=\"width:100%; aspect-ratio:16 \/ 9;\" src=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/%24\/embed\/%40MarginalNonHermit%3A3%2Frousseau-pt-2%3A7?r=8gvoByECHNgc2BfQ5o91oxf89bpi1Ui4\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In chapters 5 and 6 of Book 1, Rousseau gives us his definition of the Social Contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">It is a definition so fraught with self-contradictions and deliberately fuzzy thinking that it is frankly insane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Show notes <a href=\"https:\/\/marginalnonhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/part-2.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">On the plus side, Rousseau does make some useful distinctions and even gives us a few handy definitions, but they&#8217;re tiny islands of sanity in the vast goopy illogical mess that is his Social Contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This video is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/@MarginalNonHermit:3\/rousseau-pt-2:7\">Odysee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OwH00OQ3XMc\">YouTube<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitchute.com\/video\/dKSu0iUwso9U\/\">BitChute<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Return to the <a href=\"https:\/\/marginalnonhermit.com\/?page_id=769\">series page<\/a> for other episodes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Hayek&#8217;s Ch. 10 from The Road to Serfdom:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/fee.org\/resources\/the-road-to-serfdom-chapter-10-why-the-worst-get-on-top\/\">https:\/\/fee.org\/resources\/the-road-to-serfdom-chapter-10-why-the-worst-get-on-top\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Polleit on the Iron Law of Oligarchy:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/mises.org\/online-book\/global-currency-plot\/15-illusion-democracy-iron-law-oligarchy\">https:\/\/mises.org\/online-book\/global-currency-plot\/15-illusion-democracy-iron-law-oligarchy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Intro quote from here:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/mises.org\/journal-libertarian-studies\/social-contract-critique\">https:\/\/mises.org\/journal-libertarian-studies\/social-contract-critique<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Intro music by Egor Gandukhin, courtesy Pixabay:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/sounddelicious-44481665\/\">https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/sounddelicious-44481665\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Thumbnail uses:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Une_vente_d%27esclaves,%C3%A0_Richmond(A_Slave_Auction_at_Richmond),from%22Le_Monde_Illustr%C3%A9%22_-_MET_DP883256.jpg\">https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Une_vente_d%27esclaves,<em>%C3%A0_Richmond<\/em>(A_Slave_Auction_at_Richmond),<em>from<\/em>%22Le_Monde_Illustr%C3%A9%22_-_MET_DP883256.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part 2 of Critiquing Rousseau&#8217;s Social Contract In chapters 5 and 6 of Book 1, Rousseau gives us his definition of the Social Contract. It is a definition so fraught with self-contradictions and deliberately fuzzy thinking that it is frankly insane. 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