Uh-huh....Right. It was originally referred to as the the Social Compact:
The Social Compact
The Social Compact
The First Principle of the Social Compact recognizes that governments are instituted by the people and derive their just powers from the consent of the governed
The Declaration of Independence recognizes as a self-evident truth that governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. . . . .
Either you're admitting our current government is illegitimate or the claim is total bullshit because I never consented to be governed by our current government.
Well, the Founding Fathers obviously didn't understand it because no one currently alive has ever consented to be governed by our current government.
The Founding Fathers were wise men, but not infallible. The claim that men cannot live together without government is totally unsubstantiated. In fact, there are plenty of examples where men do live together without government, so that theory is pure hogwash.
So when did I give my assent to be governed by any of the laws that Congress has passed in the last 250 years?
Indeed, the American Revolution was strongly motivated by a defense of this First Principle. The cry of no taxation without representation was directly derived from the Social Compact.
The Social Compact is an indispensable First Principle of American freedom.
The Social Compact is a myth designed to impose tyranny.