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A review by microglyphics
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
4.0
Interesting relatively short read if you skip the fawning intro, which I recommend, and the last chapter, which was a compilation of his writing notes. The entire piece ends up being a Romantic thought experiment, as he is bound by the religious beliefs of the day not to counter the orthodoxy of the origin story of Genesis in the bible.
[Spoiler Alert (tl;dr)] The origin of inequality is property and civilisation.
[Spoiler Alert (tl;dr)] The origin of inequality is property and civilisation.