Burke
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In the eyes of Burke, government power should not come from the will of the people. The will of the people is a flawed system of government because it is not equal, majority rule doesn't work, and it does not account for the role of the tradition.
When government is based on the will of the people, we are assuming that every member of society is equal. Each member has the same rights as the next man, and under this premise, government is there to provide for all equally and to look out for the common good of everyone. While this may be true in theory, it cannot be true in practicality. According to Burke, "all men have equal rights, but not to equal things" (Burke, p.11). In this government system each person may be equal morally, and spiritually, but they are not equal socially, politically or economically.
We know they can't be equal socially or politically because society creates levels that each member is associated. These levels could be as simple as a division in the upper class versus the lower class...