Government is Irrational.

[bennyboy]

Your semantics are at odds with the reality of the situation.

What do you mean by this?

I don't care if it is unpopular, am I right or wrong is all I am concerned about. This is philosophy after all.

You are defining the social contract as something which is entered into voluntarily. You say if you do not give your consent, you are not a member of that contract. However, the reality is that while you are voluntarily a member of a society, you implicitly accept that contract. Every time you stop at a red light, or walk past a jewelry store without smashing a display case and taking some gold, or allow a person to walk away who has insulted you, you are showing that you accept the terms, and are willing to abide by them.

If you do not like the rules, you have an obligation to remove yourself from the benefits which the society provide: safety, opportunity, etc. Someone who drives on roads paid for by taxes, but refuses to pay taxes because he "never explicitly agreed" to do so, is a parasite. Someone who enjoys the physical safety guaranteed by the police must accept that his own freedoms will be limited by those same police-- or else, he is a parasite.

So basically, an anarchist as I see it is someone who isn't a powerful politician, but wants to live like one. This seems hypocritical to me.