On Social Contracts  Column by Mark Davis.  Exclusive to STR
The social contract is an idea that has formed the basis of
legitimate political institutions since the early Greek
philosophers. The “consent of the governed” is a concept that is
seen as justifying a binding relationship between rulers and
ruled. The phrase is emblazoned in “our” Declaration of
Independence and embodied in the sacred Constitution, which
submits all persons born on these shores to the rulers de
jure. So start with a monarch, mix in a little democracy, stir
up a little fear of anarchy and voila, you are a bona fide serf,
eh…subject, I mean citizen. But wait, have you ever consented to
be ruled by some gang of thieves popularly known as politicians,
or anybody else for that matter? I know that I haven’t. So why
do so many people submit to be ruled by other men within a
system that nobody alive ever agreed to? The common man is
typically too busy making his way in life to discern between
philosophical speculation and practical polit