Re: Athenian Democracy circa Pericles\' time
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It's kind of amazing that this is the argument for how things "should" be... I'm pretty sure that this is how things are. By sticking around, ie, not emigrating, you are accepting the polity's laws and rules. It's usually referred to as a tacit choice, or an implied choice.
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Situation: you're in third grade. There's a bully in your class. By showing up to class, are you "tacitly consenting" to atomic wedgies?
Why does some overgrown bully have the right to tax you because you happen to be born in his self-proclaimed dominion?
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