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As Hume called it, a convenient fiction. It isn't how any government came to be, and a contract imposed under threat of force isn't valid anyway. I'm reminded
by pfdietz 2y ago
As Hume called it, a convenient fiction. It isn't how any government came to be, and a contract imposed under threat of force isn't valid anyway.
I'm reminded also of that meme cartoon with the annoying person coming out of a hole and observing the suffering citizen is still participating in society, "how interesting".
- int_19h 2y agoDepends on where. There's a place on Earth that has an actual bona fide document titled "social contract", enacted and regularly updated via referendums: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Democratic_Autonomous_Administration_of_North_and_East_Syria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Democratic...
- pfdietz 2y agoAnd if you disagree, well, that's where the government's guns come in. Welcome to the social contract! Optionality is not included.