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Originally Posted by catfacemeowmers
I'd be very interested to hear what you think a "real" contract is.
There are lots of situations where you can be deemed to have made a contract with someone by virtue of your accepting the benefits of said contract.
From Wikipedia: "A contract is a
voluntary arrangement between two or more parties that is enforceable by law as a binding legal agreement."
To me the key word is "voluntary". The Social Contract seems to be more of "You're using our goods and services that we provide and we'll tax you for it and you have no choice in the matter. We also reserve the right to alter the deal at our discretion. *Some of the money we take will be used to drone brown people."
There's some more to it, again from Wiki: "A contract arises when
the parties agree that there is an agreement. Formation of a contract generally requires an offer, acceptance, consideration, and a mutual intent to be bound. Each party to a contract must have capacity to enter the agreement.
Minors, intoxicated persons, and those under a mental affliction may have insufficient capacity to enter a contract. Some types of contracts may require formalities, such as a memorialization in writing."
I'd really love to see what the social contract would look like if the entirety of what it entailed was written down.
Last edited by 27AllIn; 07-05-2017 at 10:35 AM.