[nfw2]

Social contract philosophy has always seemed oversimplified to me. Are people in China or Iran consenting? "I consent, so I won't be killed" seems more like coercion.

[skinfaxi]

What is tolerated is consented to in a sense. The alternative is rejection of the contract terms but you have to be willing to bet your life on it.

[nfw2]

I don't see how that could be called consent. No one would say someone consented to sex, for example, because they weren't willing to die by refusing.