[Shalom Israel]

--- Here's a pretty good preamble to & definition of a social contract: We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union...

Thanks for reminding me. I meant to reply to that, before I saw a flood from KrisKrinkle. To sum up your argument:

You want to prove: The Constitution is a social contract.
Your definition of social contract: The Constitution

Circular reasoning at its finest. Do you do bar mitzvahs?

[tpaine]

Our Constitution is a social contract.

It's preamble is a definition of that social contract.

You want to prove: The Constitution is not a social contract.

You claimed that :

"-- I'll smash your definition, sending you back to square one. --"

Smash away Izzy.