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    It is not the case that The justification for a society's basic structure cannot be that citizens have consented to it by staying in the country.

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    • 1.Tacit consent through continued residence is a coherent normative standard even when exit is costly, as Locke argues in the Second Treatise §119-122.
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    • 2.The difficulty of an action does not negate its normative significance; people retain meaningful agency in choosing to remain and thereby signal ongoing acceptance.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Hypothetical consent frameworks like Rawls's own veil of ignorance are more epistemically remote from actual citizens than the observable behavioral fact of continued residence.
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    • 2.If a justification grounded in no actual consent can be valid, then tacit consent via residency—however imperfect—provides at least as strong a legitimating ground.
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    • Leaving one's society is not a realistic option for most people.
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