A social contract is not a real contract. In fact, it is in some aspects exactly the opposite of a contract. The term is extremely misleading, and basically invented for propaganda purposes.
A group of people calling themselves the government and creating ideological constructs like "social contract" are still committing a human rights violation when they throw someone in prison for refusing to hand over a share of the currency they receive in private trade.
It's funny how people say that the social contract is the price we pay for an ordered society... But no one says, you know, it's okay to choke an unarmed man to death for selling loose cigarettes because that's part of the social contract and necessary for 'keeping order'.
What's your point?
Re:Coinbase and the IRS
by icebraining on Sunday January 15, 2017 @03:20PM
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You don't get to both 'give away a freedom to the government via the social contract in exchange for protection of your other freedoms' and then also say "hey, it's immoral to not have this freedom; Give it back!". It's one or the other.
Hum, the whole point of anarchism is that they don't even recognize the first as valid, let alone wanting both.
You don't get to both 'give away a freedom to the government via the social contract in exchange for protection of your other freedoms' and then also say "hey, it's immoral to not have this freedom; Give it back!". It's one or the other.