by consent is optional, do you mean something other than voting?
Just think about it. If people accept the claim that they are subject to pay fines for speeding having not harmed anyone, then they will pay. The power lies with the people. Always has
how do you define "accept the claim?" If i put a gun to your head and demand you sign your house over to me, have you "accepted the claim" that I now own your house?
Search for maxims of law, they will help lay the groundwork for you. In your example, if I sign a paper with a gun to my head then I can claim duress. Or I can fight you in selfdefense
if an individual sees speeding fines as unjust they either accept the claim begrudgingly, lose in court & pay the claim, or go to jail (sounds like duress).
Consent should not the default. the onus is then on individuals in the population (who could be more productively using their time) to refute these things later.
That is precisely the problem with top-down legislation in civil law versus bottom-up in common law. Neither is perfect by itself, both have issues. "Silence is acquiescence" regardles
What is the cost benefit analysis of “silence is acquiescence?” You feel it’s beneficial to sit in court for a day every time you get a ticket. Ok fine.
you can see more things like lynchings and killings of outsiders being treated as "just", because the jury of peers in a small community may side with the insider in spite of facts
Great, you have success with speeding tickets. Had success with being allowed to take psychoactive drugs? crossing a boarder with >$10k cash? Running a dark net market?
Was using speeding ticket as a stand in for the numerous (growing more so every day) victimless crimes dreamt up by a minority of lawmakers. https://bch.gg/7x
Your question pre-supposes that you believe you are subject to these laws you against which you believe progress needs to be made, yet you put "consented" in quotes. Well, which is it?
u get a ticket, go to court, get it removed. You’re back where you started. u can get another ticket for the same thing. You haven’t made progress against a law you dont consent to
Depends which kind of law we're talking about. A natural law like mortality? We're subject whether we consent or not, though that hasn't stopped countless ppl from trying to overcome
have we been talking about natural laws? do you have a point you'd like to make or do you just want to keep dancing around critiquing details of my posts while ignoring the substance?