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I did not build or consent to this governmental arrangement, and would have been excluded from voting during its formation. I am willing to take a project other people build as my own if I believe it is well intentioned. A well intentioned representative democracy minimally allows me to vote FOR someone who I think is a good person and will make good decisions on behalf of me and mine. Minimally, I refuse to be bullied into putting my own principles on the line by endorsing anyone who I believe will mistreat any sector of the world population. The vast majority of policy does not follow voter preferences anyway.
Yeah I didn't consent to getting appendicitis either, but my choices were to either get an appendectomy or die. I sure didn't want an appendectomy, but sometimes you have to choose something that you don't like
I sincerely hope you don’t think social organization and appendicitis are similarly rigid
The point is to draw a comparison between two things where the best course of action is doing something you don't want to do, because any other course of action, no matter how much you would rather do it, will lead to a worse outcome