A review by veethorn
The Body Politic by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

5.0

Fascinating read. Sharp thoughts, clearly had quite a lot of impact. Sometimes internally contradictory wrt ideal governments and the will of the people, but for the most part a both good and highly applicable read, even if the part about how unlikely it is that bad and corrupt leaders will be elected (as opposed to chosen in a dictatorship) is, while true, a little depressing right now. But there is a lot to be said for his reasoning around the common good vs the personal good and how the best sign of a well functioning government is an engaged and knowledgeable citizenry.