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To: A.J.Armitage; who_would_fardels_bear; Okiegolddust
I don't believe in any kind of social contract.

Of course you do. If you believe in government with consent of the governed then that is a social contract that you believe in. Then, as Who_would_fardels_bear correctly observes in #56,

If huge sections of the citizenry behave irresponsibly, then they can either choose to vote themselves into a socialist state or they can impoverish themselves so that they beg for a savior to help them out of their mess.

In other words, while freedom is necessary condition of virtue, it is not a sufficient condition. A free nation that loses its virtue will freely enslave itself.

58 posted on 02/28/2002 7:28:03 AM PST by annalex
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To: annalex
If you believe in government with consent of the governed then that is a social contract that you believe in.

Define "government with the consent of the people".

60 posted on 02/28/2002 4:58:20 PM PST by A.J.Armitage
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