What did they reason about how the people govern themselves?

People cannot govern themselves without rulers as a government is needed to defend and protect the social contract.

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The People could not govern themselves, The people without a ruler had to rule themselves as a community and government in order to live and defend themseleves.

Explanation:

answer; does not include a reference to the audience;

answer; standardization;