The general will, in practical instead of semi-mystic terms, really means the welfare of the community as a whole; and when we enquire how that general will is to be known, we come, after much shuffling, upon the will of that majority in which Locke also put his trust.
Laski interprets Rousseau's concept of the general will as fundamentally aligned with Locke's trust in majority rule.
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