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That's why kings were in power, right? divine right? the peasantry had no say in the matter, they weren't even consulted one way or the other, just told to obey and comply. are we in the same situation today?
none of us alive today signed the constitution. a lot of the laws on the books today, i would NEVER have voted for had i been alive. what happened to consent of the governed?
I hear all about some magical "social contract" that i signed, or that if i dont' like the laws i should just leave... but i ask you, then, under what right are we oppressed and told how to live our lives other than some signatures on a piece of parchment 250 years ago? were we born into these laws the same way that the serfs were born into serfdom under the kings?
police are given a badge and told they have special powers over us "normal citizens" because someone put them in charge, because someone put that person in charge, and so and and so forth.
what is to stop me and my cohorts from signing a constitution and it having the force of law. OUR law. Just because you weren't consulted as to what's in it doesn't mean i can't enforce our laws on you for breaking them!
none of us alive today signed the constitution. a lot of the laws on the books today, i would NEVER have voted for had i been alive. what happened to consent of the governed?
I hear all about some magical "social contract" that i signed, or that if i dont' like the laws i should just leave... but i ask you, then, under what right are we oppressed and told how to live our lives other than some signatures on a piece of parchment 250 years ago? were we born into these laws the same way that the serfs were born into serfdom under the kings?
police are given a badge and told they have special powers over us "normal citizens" because someone put them in charge, because someone put that person in charge, and so and and so forth.
what is to stop me and my cohorts from signing a constitution and it having the force of law. OUR law. Just because you weren't consulted as to what's in it doesn't mean i can't enforce our laws on you for breaking them!
