Episode 174: Philosophy World Tour: France Part 5

This week join us for Rousseau style selfies by the river and manipulate your image for the sake of social success and recognition. But what is the cost to our innocence as we abandon the state of nature for the hurly burly of social interaction? Yes, society, who will save us from its corrupting influence? Will it be the Social Contract? Can everyone really have a say in every decision that needs to be made? I mean, I can’t even decide what to have for breakfast. Are we only free one our voices are unmediated by representative authority? Will elected officials always let us down? Imagine if that were the case, right? Yes, the political merde really hits the fan as Rousseau sticks it to the man. All this and Danny gets the last word and admits to being a git. You’ll only know it for sure if you listen to the finish.