Aims to defend the individual in society from corrupt institutions or states influenced by his ego and private property, furthermore it does not sacrifice the freedom of the individual, but rather civil liberty and morality Freedom are two of the main motifs of Rousseau's social contract. It reduces the power that the sovereign state has over the people by creating a direct democratic society based on the general will. However there are some concerns that arise with the general will, mainly the will of the people directed towards the common good can itself present a despotism. This social contract theory promotes the victimization of minority groups to preserve the common good. And what would happen if an individual decided he did not want to live according to the common interests of this new society? Rousseau would suggest that we are forced to be free because the interests of the whole are served only by following rational principles that cultivate the common good, which is comparable to a totalitarian regime.