If tacit consent requires explicit contextual conditions, then the vast majority of political obligations lack a valid consensual foundation, reducing the theory to near-universal non-applicability.
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The moral duties citizens have to obey laws and support their government—like the question of why we should follow laws.
tacit consent(Lockean political philosophy)
A form of consent that is valid when given to a proposal made by someone with the right to make it, and does not require the proposer to already hold constituted authority.