History says that the power to govern comes from force or right.If government is by force by the sword, and you are not one of the conquers, you are a serf, or a slave.
If by "Right" , where does that "RIGHT" to govern come from? Americans, and so far as I know all peoples.,except communists, who are atheists, believe that the right to govern comes from God.
Now in that view; there are TWO paths in history: Divine Right or Social Contract.
A. Divine Right holds that the nobles and the King or Queen inherit their position by birth ..or ..by victory in battle ,that God gives to the right and just new king victory over a sinful old king or fallen ruling family, therefore they, the victors, again rule by the will of God.
The commons are born commons and MUST obey. It is the "natural order'. To disobey your "betters" is to defy not only the state but the very order of God and nature.
B. Social Contract says that people were born free or created free and the they, the people, created government to serve their needs.
Tomorrow: Rule by the sword..
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