Well, that recalls the events that led to our current state, and explains WHY they did it, but I’m talking about the actual legitimacy of creating governmental authority. When you vote, you believe you are delegating rights to that individual to make laws which my children must obey or be punished by violence. But you do not claim such rights yourself, so how can you rightfully delegate them to another? How are they acting as your representative, when you can’t do such things as tax me and tell me what substances I can use, etc.? That’s like me delegating the right to paint your house to my cousin — I don’t have that right myself, so how can I delegate it to him?
Because most of us think those laws are perfectly fine, and we should all obey them.
You see, here's the thing.
There are laws that we all think are good ideas, and the reason why they are enforceable is because we don't let people get away with them. Most murderers are caught because the rest of us rat them out.
And there are laws that are a little silly, the government doesn't bother to enforce and most of us don't care about, either.
To use your painting example... most towns have blight laws, so if my house is an eyesore, the neighborhood will say something about it.