The idea of ​​a utopian state is one that many people have hoped for or thought of, a place where all people are treated equally and free. Jean Jacques Rousseau developed the theory of sovereign government and the Volante General, i.e. the general will, in his book The Social Contract. There are some problems with his theory, for example, citizens will not find themselves in similar situations, and therefore if the law were adopted, it would have different impacts on different people, leaving the minority at a disadvantage. While citizens can help shape the general will, they may not be driven to follow it, leading to an imbalance in equality. The will of the rulers can be general as long as the rulers agree, this can lead to authoritarianism. Every act of general will binds all citizens, since the sovereign sees only the body of the State and not the individuals who compose it. The legislator is tasked with giving citizens a false sense or illusion of free will, completely destroying Rousseau's theory of the coexistence of free citizens. Rousseau's sovereign and flying general government does not allow the coexistence of free and equal citizens. Rousseau's "free state" does not allow the coexistence of free and equal citizens because it is not possible to establish a collective will. This is due to the different individual interests and lifestyles of people, which cause the collective will to be regulated by the majority. This state will also not be “free” because the government can have complete authority over the state, making the collective will be what it wants. The coexistence of equal citizens cannot be established when laws do not apply equally to each individual. Rousseau's sovereign government is a form of democracy in which... middle of paper... (1950). The Social Contract: and Discourses (New American ed.). New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc.. Rousseau, J. (1945). The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau. New York: Modern Library. The Enlightenment in Europe. (n.d.). classzone.com. Retrieved September 22, 2013, from www.martinsmwh.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/The-Enlightenment-in-Europe.pdfWoolner, H. (n.d.). To what extent "The Social Contract" by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and "G." it can be said to show democracy as the best political model for a society. Innervate. Retrieved September 22, 2013, from www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/documents/innervate/08-09/0809woolnerrepresentingdemocracy.pdfRousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part I. (n.d.). Notes for Philosophy 166. Retrieved September 22, 2013, from Philosophfaculty.ucsd.edu/faculty/rarneson/courses/166RousseauDISCOURSE.pdf