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02/20/17 Game Session 2: Proposal: the Royal Sanction (king’s veto) should be added to the final constitution Today was a long day. The vote for Lafayette martial law passed, at this I am frustrated. For we are as good as dead if we let him have power. This situations calls for a riot. There needs to be change, a revolution. Tension is slowly building now that the National Guard has crushed some rioters. This is proof that the king does not care for us, he has rejected us and has not let our voices be heard no matter how loud we beg. For it “is indivisible for the same reason that it is inalienable. For either the will is general or it is not,” wrote Rousseau in the social contract. Many would agree that the king has way too much power. Us people have no say for the king has taken all of it for himself. This is unfair, he should not have this much power. This power that he has makes it difficult for the people of Paris to pass laws because if the king doesn’t get his way he can just veto it making sure that the law does not get passed. The king’s power needs to be reduced greatly. The people need their voices to be heard or else they will starve. If women and men have the right to vote, but have no power or say …show more content…

Which again we won by a landslide. At this I am still thrilled, us representatives of France are content and find no need to riot. Which means that we are happy and others are not frustrated by all of the chaos that us people of France have to create. Those who break this vow must go to prison as a punishment because it is a violation against humans. Rousseau wrote in the Social Contract, “it is important that there should be not partial society in the state.” It is only just that they be punished, for they should and are responsible to guide, support and have the best interest of the French people. Now if those that do not vow to obligatory oath will face justice by being

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