This is silly socialist sophistry. Words means things, and socialism specifically means gov't ownership of capital which necessitates authoritarian control of people's economic decisions, which inevitably degenerates into mass violence. Rothbard explains:https://mises.org/library/end-socialism-and-calculation-debate-revisited …
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Yes all he had to do was study some actual contract law.
P.S. I don't necessarily agree with his conclusion. Constitutions are much more akin to treaties, which can be and almost always are agreed to under coercion, whereas coercion nullifies an actual contract. I generally consider treaties to be legit, just not as legit as contracts.
