Re: Best quick argument against the \"social contract\" canard
There isn't one. You're not born an adult but instead born as a baby and raised under the protection of the social contract. It's identical to AC land, where the existing property entitlements are forced on you at birth - you're forced to accept whoever owns the road outside your house as the legitimate owner, even though you had no say in the matter.
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Best I came up with was that I never signed anything and a contract is supposed to be a voluntary agreement. I just got blank looks...
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People give you funny looks because they instinctively understand this, and you appear not to.
If you need a quick, dishonest argument to help promote your ACism, ask them if the same contract would apply if they lived in a country with a majority who want communism, dictatorship or Islam.
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