The Nonconsent of the Governed

Guest Post by Eric Peters

The urban-rural problem waxes; it is like a bad marriage and the only solution is a divorce. But while the rural “man” would happily leave the marriage on reasonable terms and peaceably, the urban “woman” will never allow the “man” to leave.

It begs the question about consent of the governed – the supposed basis for legitimate government (assuming for the sake of discussion such a thing exists).

The answer to this question pretty much establishes the illegitimacy of the government.

In my home state of Virginia, for example, the rural (and geographic) majority of the state does not consent to being disarmed and criminalized by the government in Richmond – which represents Richmond and Northern Virginia.

90-plus percent of the state’s counties oppose the slew of gun confiscation/criminalization measures proposed and likely to be imposed upon them. The people of these rural counties did not consent to any of this. And they have no say in any of this – because the state government is controlled by the urban population centers, whose concentrated numbers give them a virtual lock on the state’s governing apparatus. The 90-plus percent geographic majority outside the urban hives of Richmond and Northern Virginia can vote but it’s becoming as meaningless a gesture as voting in the old Soviet Union, where there was one candidate on the ballot – and no option to say no.

But Saul Alinsky’s “rules for radicals” can work the other way, too. Use their (stated) principles against them by insisting they abide by them.

We do not consent. Yet you impose. This illegitimizes what you impose. We demand to be represented . . . by people who represent us. We will no longer accept being told what we must accept by you and the people who represent only you.

This applies just as logically – and morally – at the federal as well as the state level.

It is a mockery of the concept of representation to assert that the 15,000 residents of a rural county such as mine are “represented” by two senators elected by the millions who reside in Richmond and Northern Virginia and even more risibly by a president elected by millions of people who reside in other states and thousands of miles away.

Like sausage making, it does not bear examination.

And it all rests on the doublethinkian fiction of consent of the governed.

Have any of you reading this ever been specifically asked whether you consent to anything the government proposes to do to you? That question – if it were ever posed – would have to be based on the possibility of not consenting (without repercussion) else it is a parody of the concept of consent.

Of course, that question is never asked – and our answer is irrelevant. We are told we’ve “consented” – by dint of the fact that other persons claim to represent us – and that we have consented to what is done to us by dint of the having the opportunity to vote for or against these so-called representatives.

But – if words have meaning – representation must be specific, as in proxy power formally and freely given to do a particular agreed-upon thing. To be told you will do the opposite of what you wish to do – or wish not to do – by your “representative” is the oxymoronization of the very concept of representation. The defining essence of the thing is the reverse; the representative does as you command; he does not command you.

At least, not if you have consented to be represented by him.

Which, of course, none of us has consented to. It is implied, assumed – and imposed without our consent.

The fiction of representative government – and of consent – would be more believable if it were more local. If people in rural areas were in fact represented by the people who lived in those areas – and no one else. This goes just the same for those who live in urban areas.

They, too, have every right to be represented by those who represent their interests – freely consented to. If the people of Richmond and Northern Virginia consent to being disarmed, it is their right to disarm themselves.

But they have no right to bully people whom they manifestly do not represent solely by dint of their concentrated numbers. And their effrontery in asserting that the bullied have “consented” to this is a species of lunacy once found only in asylums for the criminally insane.

Who now “govern” us without consent and with contempt for the very idea of representation.

Why do we tolerate it?

That’s another question well worth answering.

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CCRider
CCRider

I’m indebted to Larkin Rose for pointing out that ‘consent of the governed’ is a contradiction in terms. Consent is voluntary and governed is rule by force. It’s just another trick to get us to submit to evil bastards like gov coonman.

On a happy note, I was thrilled to hear shumer threaten kavanaugh and gorssuch by name. It is evidence of entropy speeding up.

oldtimer505
oldtimer505

Thank you for posting the “consent of the governed” contradiction. I had not caught that either. This is proof positive that we all need to communicate more.

grace country pastor

Decent LR interview, under 30 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGVWfLJQQE

CCRider
CCRider

Three of my favorite people.

grace country pastor

?

ILuvCO2
ILuvCO2

Amanda Rose is hot.

grace country pastor

Polite and ladylike as well.

Coalclinker
Coalclinker

I think we’re nearing the tipping point. The tipping point is whether or not they fix the “Just Us” system, also known as the “Jewdiciary” system. If it’s not fixed soon, and in an open manner where all can see it, then the “Just Us” system will be replaced by The Bullet Box. In the end, power always comes straight out of the barrel of a gun. Right now, the populace has far more guns, and if they start to gang up together in unison then the Elites are going to have a big problem that won’t end until they don’t exist anymore..

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug

On behalf of the elites, I tremble from your words.

Coalclinker
Coalclinker

They are afraid. Why else do they want the guns? Especially after they’ve been openly telling us since 1995 that they want most of us dead.

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug

When you openly declare you are coming for the bureaucrats’ guns, let me know, you delusional, domesticated bastards. You can’t come for the guns without coming for the right to kill, and hence the kill. Openly declare by Jesus you will, you know. So full of shit. I thought you folks were human all my vital years. What a waste of my life to chase and be ostracized and led by the likes of you. Moooo.

KaD
KaD
Omar's Boy Servant
Omar's Boy Servant

Looks like somebody wrote something.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Government beyond county level is where tyranny first appears.

Chubby Bubbles
Chubby Bubbles

Yah.. try opposing the new multi-million-$ fire station and hear the firemen speculate as to whether they’ll answer the call when they see whose house it is (town of <5,000).

Coalclinker
Coalclinker

In my town with a bloated budget, half of the fire plugs don’t work and they won’t fix them, so it wouldn’t matter if they’d answer a call.

mark
mark

Not when the county adapts the strictest Federal standards for a host of bullshit controls…including: Land Disturbance. Building under that tyranny right now.

All politics is local and so is all tyranny.

Twenty four years ago I spent two years relentlessly ‘haunting’ Planning Board and Town Commissioner meetings, and writing letters to the editor published by an independent local newspaper, won, and put a Developer who ignored and violated the law ‘guidelines’ at the town level into bankruptcy.

You can fight them and win…and make the local government hold their feet to the fire…but you better get ready to live it…and have a way to reach the people, and motivate enough of them to get off their asses too.

And as it got heated I walked away from a 35k bribe.

Tyranny can wave some bills at you…even at the lowest level.

ILuvCO2
ILuvCO2

Your are a good man, mark.

mark
mark

ILuvCO2,

Here is the kicker to the story.

Five or six years later I was working with a guy who was a strong Christian and one day he was telling me about a friend of his who was a fairly new Christian, but was on fire for God.

He mentioned his name…and I froze.

I asked him what his friend did for a living. He said he built houses. It was the same arrogant developer I drove into bankruptcy during the two year fight. I asked him some more questions about his friend’s testimony, and he told me after he was bankrupted a while back (that I brought to him) and then eventually broken in spirit…it was during that experience he became a Christian. At that time he was fully recovered in a new business, and doing quite well in it, and the startup church they both attended.

Got to love how the Weaver weaves sometimes.

As far as my goodness, with all of it and 5 bucks I can get a cup of coffee in any Starbucks in the country!

TN Patriot
TN Patriot

The best government is small and close to the people.

MrLiberty
MrLiberty

The best government does not exist at all. Only voluntary cooperation between folks is acceptable. It CAN work if it is allowed to.

Anonymous
Anonymous

cannot reply without getting on a higher level DHS list

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug

Search you sack for the word ‘patriarchy’, not far from the word ‘us’.

John
John

I think that there are many of us, who are not Virginians, who would be willing to join you in fixing this problem. But it is not a problem of defending random citizens from attacks by state thugs attempting to disarm them. It is about putting together a plan to “terminate the illegitimate government in Richmond” and establish a government that is more balanced toward the entire state. That would lay the groundwork to convince other state governments that it is not worth hanging from a lamp post to violate the rights of their citizens.

Coalclinker
Coalclinker

The Democratic Communist Government of Virginia will not stand down and will ultimately have to be driven from the state in fear of their lives, and their properties destroyed. Every county over there had better start organizing militias and planning for action. The action won’t be preparing for unannounced raids, it will be in preparing against them on their way back from their activities.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Now wouldn’t be a bad time for a grassroots “none of the above” write-in movement. Write in “no vote” “no confidence” or “no consent”. Totally ineffective, practically speaking. But, it would register in the vote tally as indicating a lack of consent of the governed.
I haven’t voted in 14 years; but this is interpreted as consent by our “elected” betters. A firm statement to the contrary in one or two major elections couldn’t hurt.

oldtimer505
oldtimer505

I don’t care where a person looks. There seems to be some sort of slippery slope around. The idea of not voting is still a vote that is simply not heard. The PTB would like to convince as many folks as possible to not vote. It only serves those that want to win by any means necessary. A person can’t change anything if they are not involved in the change IMO.

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug

O-V-E-R-I-N-T-E-L-L-E-C-T-U-A-L-I-Z-E-D

Start thinking with your dick, cuckservatives.

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