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    It is not the case that Locke himself acknowledged that tacit consent to residence is too thin a basis to generate robust political obligations binding dissenters to majoritarian outcomes.

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    • 1.Locke actually held that continued residence after understanding terms of government constitutes meaningful tacit consent.
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    • 2.No political theory explains why explicit consent is realistic; all rely on some form of constructive consent to ground obligation.
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    • 3.Tacit consent need not be 'robust' to generate real duties—it can ground conditional obligations depending on rule-type and context.
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    • 1.Mere physical presence within territory cannot create binding duties for those who never explicitly consented to governance.
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    • 2.If tacit consent were sufficient, exit-restricted individuals (prisoners, children) would owe duties despite meaningful non-consent.
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    • 3.Locke distinguished between consent generating legitimacy versus consent explaining why people generally comply with laws.
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