What evidence proves anyone has authority over you?
You would think that all claims must be proven by the claimant and in court of "LAW", be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, but yet when it comes to having the right to rule over others, it's automatically assumed and believed to be true and rarely is it ever challenged. And if you do question it, chances are then you must be deemed insane, criminal, or an "enemy of the govern|ment" and against free|dumb, thrown in jail for "incompetence".
"How dare you question our authority!?"
After many years of genuinely searching and asking hundreds in open forums this same question, I never found anyone, or any court actually prove it to be true. Rather, they point towards their own forces, their prisons, their buildings, their doctrines, void contracts, etc as "proof" that authority exists, or even that they get the authority from the people while simultaneously saying the people doesn't have that right and never had.
So where do all these "governments" get their right to rule over us all?
I like how you framed the core issue around a simple but powerful question: if claims in court need proof, why is political authority treated as self-evident? The way you contrasted “proof beyond a shadow of a doubt” with the assumption that governments already have the right to rule makes the post feel sharp and thought-provoking. For writing more of these kinds of posts, hivepro.ai could help you shape long-form arguments clearly, and hivestats.io is handy for keeping an eye on how your first posts are performing. What led you to start digging into this question in the first place?
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