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"When the citizens withdraw their consent to be governed, the regime collapses. "

Please, give an example where that has happened, without an active revolution.
I can't recall an instance.
There are always enough citizens joining the military ... or the regime imports mercenaries.

This post was edited by Walt O'Reagun at July 27, 2018 10:54 AM MDT

"Consent of the governed" is a basic principal of government. More basic than some people care to admit.

For example, some legislatures have considered passing a law requiring Jewish babies to be circumcised by MDs. The rabbis told them to consider something else because priests have been circumcising babies a lot longer than legislatures have been passing laws. The law was never passed.

Google "jury nullification". A jury has authority to acquit a defendant even when he is clearly guilty, just because they think the law is unjust in that particular case. Of course nobody ever tells the jurors that.

You don't see examples very often because the sheeple are often too terrified to exercise their rightful powers. And quite often the example is passed off as a moment of glory, as is the case with the American revolution.

Another example is the whiskey rebellion. You can google that to get the story. A small group of people in Pennsylvania still remember that as if it happened last week, but a closer look shows that the government had to back down because so few citizens would march with the army to collect the tax.

There is no shortage of examples, only an unwillingness to re-evaluate things.

In other words, you don't have any examples of a regime collapsing, through anything OTHER than people actively working against it.

You simply refuse to accept my examples. Ok, you're on your own. This post was edited by Not Sure at July 27, 2018 11:10 PM MDT

The only examples you gave are people working against the system.

You SAID that isn't necessary.  Quote: "When the citizens withdraw their consent to be governed, the regime collapses. You don't have to throw it down, just stop holding it up."

So ... I asked for one example where people didn't work to "throw it down" (which means they took an active hand it ending a regime.  Either through peaceful or violent means.)

NONE of you examples show that.  They ALL include people actively working against the government.

I didn't vote for the king/queens, either ... because those didn't effect me.
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