tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post5902059781020192561..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: How the false scent of consent led us astraygcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-81113538078896979422014-09-05T09:41:16.731-04:002014-09-05T09:41:16.731-04:00I recall from Robert Bork's book, the older go...I recall from Robert Bork's book, the older good one, not the second one, essentially the same point. He asked why the law decided upon by the dead binds us. He conceded he had no good answer but that it clearly did -- as a matter of fact -- and that it had to in a free and participatory society. <br />I am not sure though I have a serious problem with "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" as long as you realize that it is <br />1) derived from, not synonymous with<br />2) about just powers not particular policies <br />3) governed is a puralKen Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207803092348071005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-88564220969735627212014-09-05T09:28:55.235-04:002014-09-05T09:28:55.235-04:00""Is this government performing its func...""Is this government performing its function of preserving social order at least better than the plausible alternatives to it?""<br /><br />Yes, I would say it is doing a pretty good job at that. <br /><br />That one of the reasons that I would very much like to see it replaced so that an alternative and freer social order might emerge.<br />robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04682517711551179057noreply@blogger.com