Your idea that voting is consent is very flawed, no where in society is the ability to choose not to vote where by they absolves you from rule by the authority.

Your idea that voting is consent is very flawed, no where in society is the ability to choose not to vote where by they absolves you from rule by the authority. If voting was actual consent then if I were to choose not to vote that would be withdrawing my consent thus I should not be under the rule / jurisdiction of the government.... Try that and you get Sovereign Citizens So that alone invalidates the idea that voting is "consent to be governed", saying that is like saying when a mugger that comes upon you with a demand of "your money or your life" means you "consented" to give the mugger you money when you hand it over. Second people feel the force of government every day, most have assimilated this consent threat into their lives as just a part of living but even in the most "free" nations consent threat is there, did you fill out your tax return correctly... is that cop going to pull me over.... etc etc etc etc The delicate illusion is that this consent overriding threat of violence by the state is somehow legitimate, ethical and moral