Classic Liberalism Tradition

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Classical liberalism tradition comes from a tradition of thinkers who developed an ideology, rather than a political system. Although many say that classical liberalism stopped after the nineteenth century, libertarians argue that there is no interruption in the classical liberal tradition. This paper examines the critiques of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Karl Marx on various aspects of the Classical Liberal Tradition argument.

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"Rousseau believed that liberalism should be replaced with a social contract. According to Rousseau's social contract, individuals may exit an anarchic system by voluntarily giving some of their personal rights to the community in exchange for security of life and property. All rights and property would be vested in the State, which would be under the direct control of the people. The social contract would be a voluntary state."

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