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The New England Take: Everything Wrong with Consent Culture

This week on The New England Take, A. J. explains why everyone involved in the Cornell Seven situation is in the wrong and how America has lost its morality. Join the Substack: https://newenglandtake.com Email me at aj@newenglandtake.com Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, … Read more

democracy wolves sheep

The Founders Knew the Difference Between Majority Rule and Consent

How do we know?  Consider this little gem from Article V of the Constitution: No State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of equal Suffrage in the Senate. Note that the amendment process to which this refers already requires super-majorities:  2/3 of both houses of Congress, and 3/4 of the state legislatures. Would it be … Read more

The consent of the governed

The Declaration of Independence asks and answers two fundamental questions about the nature of government, as understood by the people who founded America.  First, what is government for?  Second, from where does government derive its just powers?

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Raphael Samuel Anit-natalist

Man May Sue Parents for Giving Birth to Him Without His Consent

Is the anti-natalist movement the latest thing in birth-prevention? The idea that “it is wrong to put an unwilling child through the bother of life for the pleasure of its parents.” Raphael Samuel thinks so. He says things like, ” I don’t see why I should put another life through the rigamarole of school and finding a career, especially when they didn’t ask to exist.'”

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