The Exigent Duality
The Rules? - 15:26 CST, 1/06/21 (Sniper)
I had someone earlier today say to me, "just because some people aren't following the rules doesn't mean you get to ignore them too." What was missed in that statement is that "the rules"-- the "Constitution"-- are no longer "the rules":

  • The United States Federal Government is chartered by a constitution.

  • As stated in the Declaration of Independence, this chartered government's legitimacy stems from the "consent of the governed."

  • The rules laid forth in the constitution are specific to the government's having consent. If the consent is withdrawn, the government dissolves, and the charter becomes a piece of toilet paper, since the entity it describes no longer exists.

  • The form of government laid out by the charter is a Representative Republic.

  • According to the precept then, "the people" consented to a Representative Republic.

  • A Representative Republic is dependent on a functioning election system: hence the "representative" part of the description.

  • Ergo, if the election system ceases to function, then the government is no longer a Representative Republic.

  • If the government is no longer the Representative Republic, then the assumed consent is withdrawn, because the terms of the contract have changed.

  • If the consent is withdrawn, then the government and its charter dissolve into the wind.