A payment for being ruled?

Oh my head hurts over this one.

Remember that college class you had to take on Philosophy? Painful, wasn't it? So bad, you couldn't even sell the book.

My Little Philosophy Book fell on my head while I was sleeping on my back. Today. Or, maybe yesterday. Damn Dr. Bloom and his literal translations from the original Greek.

Alright.

So maybe Plato/Socrates said there was a payment due to government for being ruled. WTF!

Loss of freedom? Social contract? Taxes? The concept that I owe a debt to a tyrant sucks.

But, and there's always some but, But, isn't the answer to that a way of separating the men from the boys?

There is a debt owed to government for being ruled. I can't tell you what it is. Answer to yourself. Then, apply that to how you've been voting and what you hope will happen because you voted.