Talk:Consent of the governed

Sources of consent

We should probably mention the (flawed) theories that by driving on government roads, or voting, one consents to be taxed or otherwise governed. I just haven't found reliable sources speaking in favor of those arguments, perhaps because those arguments are so indefensible. Tisane ^talk/_stalk 16:10, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

US documents

Currently the article includes the following template:

There is mention of the American document (Declaration) in the article already. The topic is international so the template may be inappropriate for this article. — Rgdboer (talk) 21:42, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Broken Link -- John Locke in Further Reading

The Further reading link to John Locke (first link in section) brought me to an error page at University of Oregon. Figured I'd bring that up. M0N57R0517Y (talk) 12:19, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Vandalism by

On 10 Sep 2019, User:204.186.251.218 committed a mass deletion of paragraphs and gave "lol" as a "reason". (See page history.) However when I tried to revert the vandalism, Wikipedia responded with:

The edit could not be undone due to conflicting intermediate edits; if you wish to undo the change, it must be done manually.

Would a Wikipedia expert please handle this?

PS. Due to the amount of vandalism on this page, maybe it's time to consider page protection.

-- Plan9fromInnerSpace (talk) 16:41, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

This is infact NOT the case.

Quote: "However the "consent of the governed" was flawed in that it was limited to propertied white men only.[6]"

It is not flawed in the context and the time of which it was written. In 1776, a "person" referred to a white male with acceptable standing. This would mean that a white man without a job wouldn't qualify. Neither would a non-white man and neither would women. This was the norm in the late 18th century. Then in the early 20th century women was given the right to vote and later still african-americans. Even today it is widely accepted that you have to be 18 years of age to be able to vote. That might change tomorrow - or next year, or it might not. Just aswell as a african-american majority in the US might decide that white people couldn't vote or voters in general might decide that cats and dogs would obtain voting rights. This is why it is important to be accurate. The "consent of the government" was not flawed in the minds of the founding fathers in 1776. It might be today; it might NOT be tomorrow. 62.107.173.13 (talk) 17:51, 21 January 2023 (UTC)