10-28-2003, 04:18 AM
Allow me to quote myself for G_mooshoo23's benefit.
Quote:Francos Spain has been the topic of late, and we'd like to know what you all think of the idea that the Pacific Region has become in practice a state as envisioned by Rousseau in <strong class='bbc'>'The Social Contract'</strong>.Slacker makes a good point, but I would submit that FS fits in as Rousseau's legislator who is empowered to mold the citizenry into whatever is necessary to comform to the public will. The public will is not so much a general expression of the majority as it is what is handed down from the legislator. And as far as the majority is concerned in the Pacific, yes, FS has few endorsements compared to the size of the population of the region, but it's also clear that if all 4000+ nations joined the UN and endorsed another candidate, we wouldn't see FS in power. So at least according to Rousseau, FS is representing some kind of general wiil.