How is the United States government based apon John Locke’s idea of a social contract?

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Deepng · Answer 1 · 2021-06-18T22:23:10+0000

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The government of the USA, that is, those who rule, do it by the consent of those ruled. This is the key idea of the social contract. The people, the nation´s sovereign , express their consent by voting for those who are in power, for those who represent them. This is today´s expression of John Locke´s idea.

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