Without a government, Mark, the worst you can do is a riot. Mark Fuller Government has a legitimate role of protecting your life, rights and property. The difference between a contract and a social contract, of course, is that the former is consented to by both parties while the latter is imagined by one but binding upon another. National Socialist Party. If government is legitimate, merely tell me whence it derives its legitimacy.
Social contract is currently fashionable, in the ebb and flow of on-line political debate.
And it's bullshit on its face. But that's not the interesting thing. There are a thousand intricate dodges designed to cover the ass of statism, and refuting one of the lot isn't that fun or that illuminating, at least if you've been working these boards for a while. There will always be another transparent cloak for the Emperor to wear. Because they have guns and if you don't obey, they'll shoot you.