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    It is not the case that A person's continued voluntary residence in a territory constitutes tacit consent to obey the laws of the state.

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    • 1.Genuine consent requires that the consenting party have a meaningful choice, including a feasible alternative to the act that supposedly signals consent.
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    • 2.For most residents, emigration is not a realistic option due to economic barriers, family ties, lack of receiving-state acceptance, or statelessness risk.
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    • 3.Therefore, remaining in one's territory of residence reflects necessity or severe constraint, not voluntary agreement—rendering Locke's tacit consent framework circular and non-binding.
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    • 1.Consent is a performative act that generates obligations only when the agent understands and intends the act as consent, as Hume argued against Locke in 'Of the Original Contract' (1748).
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    • 2.Ordinary residents who continue living in a state characteristically understand their residence as a matter of home, livelihood, and identity—not as a recurring political pledge of allegiance.
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    • 3.Attributing legal obligation to an act the agent does not interpret as consent conflates the state's preferred interpretation of behavior with the agent's autonomous normative commitment, violating the voluntarist foundation the argument itself presupposes.
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    • 1.A person voluntarily resides in a territory over which the state has jurisdiction.
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    • 2.That person benefits from the establishment of the rule of law and other amenities the state provides.
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    • 3.The state's provision of these benefits depends on the obedience of the members of society.
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