[lexapro]

Governments only have that power precisely because there is a social contract. Read the definition.

[ViViDboarder]

No. They also have guns. Only a very small minority of people must abide by that social contract to enforce it, and those people are likely all part of the enforcement.

[lexapro]

In a police state maybe, but I wasn't talking about that. And even in a police state you need acceptance of the people.