POL SCI 6C Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Smart People, For Marx, Asian Americans
27 Oct 2016
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He thinks they are all about reducing the difference between people in power and those not in power. Every one of those authors is talking about some variant of equality and suggesting that the progress of history is towards greater equity among human beings. One of the central arguments of the prince, is that to win successfully he must win the support of ordinary people this suggests that ordinary people matter. The prince to succeed must gain the support of ordinary people. Locke tells us that government requires consent of the government. People need to agree and if not they can re. Rousseau argues that good government requires consensus, everyone agreeing with everyone else. Mill says that he doesn"t care if he is the only one with that idea, but no government has the right to shut you up - it is in the govern. Marx points to a world that has moved towards the dominant bourgeois.
