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Tacit Consent
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Tacit consent: by remaining, using roads, and accepting protection, residents consent through conduct rather than signature—Locke's repair to the contract.
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Ordering at a restaurant without discussing payment still obligates you to pay: conduct can bind.
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The repair inherits Hume's problem: consent given because leaving is impossible was never free to withhold.
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