Therefore, every subject is equal and has no more power or influence on the General Will than any other citizen in the society. This social contract provides an environment where its citizens experience natural freedom. Ultimately, insuring the natural freedom of a society is the goal of a government. In Rousseau's explanation of freedom, there is a division between two types of freedom. They are personal freedom and social freedom.
Personal freedom comes from humans' basic instincts and natural selfishness.
An individual acts only if he benefits. Rousseau also called this freedom a state of nature. The second freedom, social freedom, is achieved when an individual obeys the desires of the General Will. All people are born free, but the natural freedom is not achieved until these people enter into a social contract. It is at this next point where Locke and Rousseau differ.