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George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social |
There is no means of refining our choice, of accepting some items and rejecting others. With one decision, we are presumed to have consented to thousands of further decisions. We do not accept the principle of presumed consent in sex. Why should we accept it in politics?
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George Monbiot
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We are also given no choice but to submit to governance by a remote authority, surrendering our will to people we have never met, but who nonetheless claim to speak with our voices and represent our views. We all know this is a fiction, but we have to go along with it.
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