Rousseau and Care Bears

I definitely agreed with Rousseau over Hobbes, finding his optimism a lot more appealing.  The one thing that doesn't fully make sense to me of his theories though is his idea of "forcing people to be free."  The analogy we were given in high school for this was actually Care Bears.  The Care Bears have this magical Care Bear Stare that they can use to get things done.  In one movie, Care-a-Lot (their home) is about to be destroyed and all the Care Bears need to help for the better of the group.  However, Grumpy Bear is grumpy and doesn't want to, so they Care Bear Stare him, essentially making him agree and help them, and thus forcing him to be free.