social contract
noun
: an actual or hypothetical agreement among the members of an organized society or between a community and its ruler that defines and limits the rights and duties of each
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In the minds of their architects, the establishment of a wholly new social contract has meant renovating human nature itself.
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Noah Rothman, National Review, 28 Mar. 2024
To shore up that social contract, Beijing wants to run a tighter surveillance ship and increase control over its mass monitoring machinery.
—Mary Hui, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
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Noah Rothman, National Review, 28 Mar. 2024
To shore up that social contract, Beijing wants to run a tighter surveillance ship and increase control over its mass monitoring machinery.
—Mary Hui, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
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“Social contract.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20contract. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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