The government is based on a social contract. Consent of the governed is dependent on the government upholding their end of that contract. They have defaulted on those obligations, so the contract is void and consent can freely be revoked.
“The government is based on a social contract. Consent of the governed is dependent on the government upholding their end of that contract. They have defaulted on those obligations, so the contract is void and consent can freely be revoked.”
That’s the way I always understood it to be. But then, I’m old school.