Why should citizens be the authors of society’s laws, according to rousseau?

Citizens should be the authors of society's laws according to Rousseau because in that way they are free and follow their own rules, created by the General Will of the people. Rousseau thought that only the Republic is acceptable as a form of government, and in it all the people are in charge of creating the law.

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no one really purchased it themselves, it was all america, they had debates etc.