Quote (Santara @ Feb 28 2015 04:33am)
No, power rests with the consent given by the governed. People are no longer the property of the king to do with as he pleases. Why? Because the people no longer tolerate it.
mmh? so it's about power again now?
Quote (Santara @ Feb 28 2015 04:33am)
There weren't legal revolts against the kings. There were worldwide denials that kings served the interests of the people and the people were able to take matters into their own hands.
legal revolts? what?
but there were a plenty or revolts and revolutions. the French state shifted from democracy to monarchy to democracy to monarchy (you get the gist).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions_of_1848or the Hungarian rebellions?
or the Polish ones?
etc.
did the declaration of unshakable autocracy just spring out of nowhere?
what about the murder of Umberto I? or Alexander II?
Quote (Santara @ Feb 28 2015 04:33am)
Power shifted, and so did the concept of which entities of society held right(s).
uhh. yes?
Quote (Santara @ Feb 28 2015 04:33am)
Natural rights and essential rights are pretty much the same thing.
yeah, and that's where the king gets his right to rule. get the drift?
Quote (Santara @ Feb 28 2015 04:33am)
Of which era? And what is the connection to the discussion?
it was referring to "people doing the right thing even if no one forces them to" (or something like that) back a few posts back.
This post was edited by Gastly on Feb 27 2015 08:02pm