r/comics • MangaKaiki • Aug 07 '26

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u/Wonder9mm Aug 07 '26

What does "violating the social contract" mean to you?

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u/YimveeSpissssfid Aug 07 '26

So we jail everyone for every violation of the social contract now?

What ever happened to a good old-fashioned shunning?

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u/Wonder9mm Aug 07 '26

My issue is that a social contract is an agreement between individuals and a higher authority to give up some level of freedom in exchange for security and other benefits, thats the original Thomas Hobbs/Rousseau concept.

By bringing up that the social contract is being violated, that entails they cannot exist in said society or must be jailed for rehabilitation purposes. You are moving beyond social to legal repercussions.

I am a free speech advocate so while its legal to ban someone from a business for political views, I disagree over making political beliefs illegal to hold.

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u/Gre3nH4wk Aug 07 '26

I think when most people speak of the social contract they refer to it in context of individual to individual without government intervention other than to permit an individual the right to execute their interpretation of the contract without interference. You have the right to be a Nazi but no right to guarantee people need to put up with you. Your safety under law preserved but socially outcast. Which honestly could be worse than imprisonment if applied thoroughly.