What is the Root of Inequality Amongst People?: Rousseau on America’s Founding Lie of (In)equality

Politics Then and Now

English - March 16, 2021 09:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MB
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Today we talk about what causes inequality amongst people? Is inequality natural or is it unnatural? Is it pre-societal or created by society? We'll talk about America's wealth gap and look at what Jean-Jacque Rousseau has to say about property and inequality and compare it to philosophy of John Locke that America is founded on.

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