http://mises.org/Community/blogs/irishoutlaw/archive/2008/03/15/social-contract-my-ass.aspxI hear people talking about a social contract all the time. Usually in the context of some authoritarian action by the government, instituted many times by the “will” of the majority (this is really a misnomer in itself, since the majority doesn’t participateenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://mises.org/Community/blogs/irishoutlaw/archive/2008/03/15/social-contract-my-ass.aspx#162364Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:33:42 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:162364Abuse phentermine.<p>Phentermine prescription. Lowest price for phentermine.</p> <img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=162364" width="1" height="1">http://mises.org/Community/blogs/irishoutlaw/archive/2008/03/15/social-contract-my-ass.aspx#23040Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:20:21 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:23040TrackBack<img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=23040" width="1" height="1">http://mises.org/Community/blogs/irishoutlaw/archive/2008/03/15/social-contract-my-ass.aspx#22398Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:20:50 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:22398Yahoo Answerer<p>Great article. This is a myth that must die if we are to be free!</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=22398" width="1" height="1">http://mises.org/Community/blogs/irishoutlaw/archive/2008/03/15/social-contract-my-ass.aspx#22363Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:54:09 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:22363David Bear<p>See Section 2 of my article: <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.law.fsu.edu/journals/lawreview/downloads/342/bear.pdf">www.law.fsu.edu/.../bear.pdf</a></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=22363" width="1" height="1">http://mises.org/Community/blogs/irishoutlaw/archive/2008/03/15/social-contract-my-ass.aspx#22299Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:52:28 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:22299Brainpolice<p>Great article! Basically, explicit consent by all those effected/involved is the proper criterion, and no state &quot;social contract&quot; in history has come anywhere close to being based on explicit consent. Implicit consent is a nonsensical and morally bankrupt notion that people use in the attempt to justify a non-existant social contract.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=22299" width="1" height="1">