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Re:It is difficult for the average person to conceive of how... by tw04 on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:15AM (#29875080)
That kind of highlights the stupidity of it all. A "social contract" without a government to enforce it is worthless. "On your honor" in business is never going to work; way too many folks without a moral compass in society.
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Re:It is difficult for the average person to conceive of how... by thinkingemote on Monday January 10, 2022 @12:17PM (#29878048)
I believe the idea is that any community can form a social contract amongst itself regardless of the size.

In reality, at the moment a government had authority over those under it.

So perhaps this idea of social contracts reveal both the aim (destroying of society, hype and illusion to create communities) and the weakness (government, monopoly of violence, status quo)

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