Alexandros Pagidas argues that citizens under laws they never consented to are unfree by the classical Republican definition, likening the inescapable social contract to servitude. He proposes political entrepreneurship — the ability to start new micro-states as one starts businesses — and addresses one-world-government arguments, concentration of power, and the tragedy of the commons.
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