social contract en · NOUN
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An implicit agreement or contract among members of a society governing such matters as submission of individuals to the rule of law and acceptable conduct.
In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]
2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:When scammers large and small live better than those creating value in the real economy, the Social Contract has ceased to exist.
2023 April 24, Charles Hugh Smith, America's Social Contract Is Broken:
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el κοινωνικό συμβόλαιο (agreement or contract) · be грамадскі дагавор (agreement or contract) · vi khế ước xã hội (agreement or contract) · ar عَقْد اِجْتِمَاعِيّ (agreement or contract) · es contrato social (agreement or contract) · tr toplumsal sözleşme (agreement or contract) · ca contracte social (agreement or contract) · ta சமூக ஒப்பந்தம் (agreement or contract) · fr contrat social (agreement or contract) · nb samfunnspakt (agreement or contract) · ro contract social (agreement or contract) · cmn 社會契約 /社会契约 (agreement or contract) · ja 社会契約 (agreement or contract) · ka სოციალური კონტრაქტი (agreement or contract) · be грамадская дамова (agreement or contract) · pt contrato social (agreement or contract) · lt visuomenės sutartis (agreement or contract) · nb samfunnskontrakt (agreement or contract) · nn samfunnskontrakt (agreement or contract) · la pactum socialis (agreement or contract) · pl umowa społeczna (agreement or contract) · et ühiskondlik leping (agreement or contract) · tl kasunduang panlipunan (agreement or contract) · fi yhteiskuntasopimus (agreement or contract) · hy հասարակական պայմանագիր (agreement or contract) · it contratto sociale (agreement or contract) · uk суспільний договір (agreement or contract) · az ictimai müqavilə (agreement or contract) · bg обществен договор (agreement or contract) · ru обще́ственный догово́р (agreement or contract) · hu társadalmi szerződés (agreement or contract) · ms kontrak sosial (agreement or contract) · da samfundspagt (agreement or contract) · nl sociaal contract (agreement or contract) · ko 사회계약 (agreement or contract) · la contractus socialis (agreement or contract) · de Gesellschaftsvertrag (agreement or contract) · uk соціальний договір (agreement or contract) · he אֲמָנָה חֶבְרָתִית (agreement or contract) · id kontrak sosial (agreement or contract)