The general will is what people can agree on when reasoning from the common interest, while particular will is interest-bound group preference.
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"And what he says is this. There are two types of will. There's the general will and there's the particular will. General will is..."
"...on the general will and negate the particular will, on the common interest. And that's why everything works, because if laws are based on..."
"...And so the only thing that keeps them unified is their common interest, which I think the financial industrial complex, the Gulf sovereign wealth..."
"It believes that people are capable of considering the common interest. The American Revolution denies this, okay? So we will discuss the American Revolution..."
"So if you only think about the common interest, everyone would come to the same conclusion about everything. Okay? If the general will is..."
"...an alliance. Okay? They agreed to fight together because they have common interests. Which is to remain independent of American influence. Okay? But that..."
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