Book FourQuoteThe common good is obvious everywhere, and all that's required to see it is good sense. Notes🔥 When people are united, they have a unified will. When they're divided, decisions are made to benefit a part of the people only, not the common good. 🔥 The way the general will works itself out in practice isn't totally precise or concrete. With voting for example, you rarely ever get unanimous consent. Majority rules and typically comes to represent the general will. 🔥 Having elections by lot (randomly selecting from the people to be the government representatives) may be more democratic than having people try to earn votes in an election campaign. Holding office is an onerous duty, not a benefit. 🔥 Election by choice is good when you need someone with a certain set of skills. Otherwise, common sense should be enough, and in a good society everyone should have a decent enough education to be able to handle it. 🔥 There are situations where appointing someone to bypass normal…
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