How does this work when I am born into a State with preexisting rules and governance? I have no real choice. My "choice" is to accept that governance or go somewhere else. Governments typically last longer than a lifetime and the consent to govern could be many generations old.
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That is the primary argument against our current governments. They force you to be governed just because you were born into their borders. Hopefully someday we can work to a point where we don't need coercive governments anymore and all our "rulers" will be chosen by ourselves voluntarily.
But we are always born into the existing set of rules whether those of a centralized government or a small tribe of hunter gatherers. There may have been a time when a person could leave their tribe and strike out alone, but that time is long gone. And even then, joining a new tribe would have required consent to their rules.
Yeah, I don't know what the answer is, or if it is even possible but that is what I believe is the morally correct way to have a government. @bitnation might be a step in the right direction though.