Governo for do consenso

Why real-world governments don’t have the consent of the governed – and why it matters

By Ilya Somin January 27 at 11:00 AM

The Declaration of Independence famously states that governments\derive “their just powers from the consent of the governed.” But, sadly, this is almost never the case in the real world. If it is indeed true, as Abraham Lincoln famously put it, that “no man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent,” that principle has more radical implications than Lincoln probably intended. Few if any of those who wield government power measure up to that lofty standard.
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