> Maybe the right level of governance is the one people choose from themselves instead of the one into which they were born. I may be being overly facile, but

> Maybe the right level of governance is the one people choose from themselves instead of the one into which they were born. I may be being overly facile, but "I consent to the government that I choose" sounds almost exactly like "I do not consent to being governed" to me. (Perhaps you mean that one gets to make such a choice once, rather than at will and repeatedly; but then when should such a choice be made?)