The myth of a social contract

Strike the Root by Jim Davies "Ever since monarchs first felt the rumblings of discontent, they reached for a way to justify their miserable existences in the eyes of those upon the product of whose labor they lived in luxury; for many centuries the 'Divine Right' theory did the job. ... The entire establishments of both State and Church did very nicely out of this scam for centuries. It began to unravel when a few bright minds began to wonder whether the underlying myth was supported by rational fact, and found it wanting; that enlightening process began in the 18th Century and came to full fruit in the 20th, by when few monarchies remained and none of those are more than figureheads (observe Charles and Camilla, currently on a US visit.) Alas, however, the dictators were replaced by an even more insidious myth: that of the 'Social Contract,' the idea that all members of a society have in some way agreed to bind themselves to certain standards and laws for the common good." http://www.strike-the-root.com/52/davies/davies7.html