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¿Question #3216?
puzzleme: Do you agree with Rousseau's claim that "Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains"?

kathleenryan: yes
pwilz: Do you agree with pwilz's claim: Bite me1
Woelf: Do you mean the French lady on the island? She's crazy.
knauman: no
hob69: I think Rousseau was a bit niave, or at least idealistic.
ZiggyZambo: No
aleo09: surely not
bigbadsteve: not totally
kapnkrunch: No
Keonyn: Sure, societies and our environments chain us despite the illusion of freedom. But compared to how we could be we still are relatively free.
Der Ubermolch: Man isn't born free; he still has the constraints of family. And on top of that, man is a socail animal and thus constrained by society.
POvidiusNaso: Sort of.
DHEK: Not really. One is certainly not "in chains" "everywhere".
seppo21: No.
Geosmores: no
Greedo: whuh?...
mcross: The chains are of his own making
cowdog: Sure, why not.
scriptorum: No, I don't trust any man with more vowels than consonants in his name.
puffinge: Yes, we are all slaves to our own brains
OzGamer: Ask my bank manager
vampywife: I can see a validity to it. We are always bound by things such as political correctness, self esteem, etc., so in essence we are in chains.
DrFlanagan: Yes. Look around...
Avatar_69: No. It means nothing. Man is often born in chains and stays there.
Big Bad Lex: Especially down Brixton Market
WatchmanX2000: Rousseau is not the best reading matter for philosophy.
jasta6: Yes..............
Ebon Wendigo: Depends on how good his medical insurance is
ben_ethus: Sounds pretty accurate.
niels: No, I would say the reverse it true: you are born in chains, and the challenge in life is getting out of them
Helenoftroy: yes
double_ones: no
Felderin: Sometimes.
Unitbuster: Rousseau's idea that society threatens natural rights is shortsighted. Rousseau never played boardgames, which are a product of our society and its science and art. To wish for a return to a natural state is ignorant of man's needs. I tend to turn to Preston and Logan for my philosophizing needs.
ZombyDawg: Somewhat
gamesbook: No.
ssmooth: I can see the figurative assertion that "everywhere he's in chains," but in that case I'm not sure I'd agree he is "born free."
GI Joe: Not anymore; but it made sense at the time Rousseau said that
Dr. No: No: Man is born in chains and there is no way to ever get free
GrandpaDave: No
skrutsch: I need context.
XanderF: 'The things you own...own you'? Sure
dilago: no
ValJor: I don't think man is born free
davedanger: no
Lord_Prussian: Not sure where he was going with that
The Unbeliever: 42
snoozefest: y
2amp: sure
djlg: No.
heli: somewhat
jttm: Who?
skelebone: Sounds good to me.
CortexBomb: Well, it is written on my wall...
CDRodeffer: All things are true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense, true and false in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, and true and false and meaningless in some sense.
chaddyboy_2000: I guess not.