What is sad is that an educated adult could believe it is the only possible solution, there's your public education for you.
"That's the hair-brained, godless ramblings of J.J. Rousseau."
The expression is "hare-brained," not "hair brained."
And yes, Rousseau was hare-brained.
The notion of members of a society having responsibilities to that society, however, is not.