According to John Locke’s social contract theory, the state does not arise spontaneously and does not possess power by birthright. It is created by society for one purpose: to protect humankind’s natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
The people temporarily transfer power to the state, entrusting it with ensuring the security of citizens and the rule of law. Therefore, the state retains legitimacy only as long as it fulfills its purpose.
But what happens if the state violates the social contract? For example, if it:
- violates natural human rights;
- ceases to protect society;
- uses force against its own people instead of protecting them.
In this case, the state loses its legitimacy, the powers delegated to it cease to be effective, and supreme power returns to the people. Citizens regain the right to independently defend their lives, freedom, and property.
If the government refuses to return power to the people and becomes the aggressor itself, then, according to later thinkers, citizens have the right to resist it in any form, including armed force.
This is precisely the kind of resistance that Sanders, the main character of Uwe Boll’s movie “Citizen Vigilante“, engages in.
In modern Europe, where:
- governments have opened their doors to mass Muslim immigration;
- women and children are afraid to go outside because of crime rates unseen in European history;
- 2,250 rapes were committed in 90 days in London alone;
- prosecutors and courts cover up for Muslim criminals, encouraging them to commit further crimes;
- police, instead of fighting crime, suppress the discontent of the indigenous population;
— the social contract has been trampled. States have lost their legitimacy, and supreme power has returned to the people. But the people don’t know it.
And then Sanders appears and tells the people: “I am here to help you take that control back“.
He administers justice to criminals and to the judges who acquitted them, showing citizens how they should act in defending their natural rights.
At the end of the film, he says: “I do this for you until you learn to do it for yourself“.
It’s a simple, low-budget film. It lacks impressive special effects and sophisticated aesthetics. But it conveys an important message:
When a state becomes morally bankrupt, citizens must take the law into their own hands.
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