Difficulty in "The Social Contract"

          It's really was a shock to see that there is such an old battered-down building next to a fancy new one. I have passed down the road several times but never actually noticed the implications. This highlights the issue of class difference in Lebanon, and how unfair it is for someone to look out the window and see their neighbors upgraded lifestyle as opposed to their own low standards of living. 

          The main idea that Rousseau presents in "The Social Contract" is civil liberty versus individual freedom. His thesis argues that civil freedom comes from society, which includes political responsibilities, and reduces the salvage instinct that is human nature. 

          Is delivered to you that one games as a citizen of a certain society really existence? This discrimination in class limits one's ability to exercise civil liberty. The upper class have every basic necessity, so they have the time and resources to consider politics and form opinions about it. On the other hand, the proletarians or too busy concerned with making a living and getting by. This restricts them from exercising their rights as a member of their society to take part in their political system.

          Politicians should work more on improving the lives of the lower-class populace, in order for them to be able to focus more on exercising their right to be concerned with public affairs and to gain their civil freedom. Can this issue really be solved, or are the proletarians condemned to lose both their natural and civil liberty...

Rousseau, Jean-Jaques. "'The Social Contract." Shifting Narratives. Ed. Zane S. Sinno, Lina Bioghlu-Karkanawi, Dorota             Fleszar, Najila Jarkas, Emma Moughabghab, Jennifer M. Nish, Rima Rantisi, and Abir Ward. Beirut: Center for                   Educational Consultation and Research, Educart, 2015. 113-115. Print.