12/01/2026
Public authority is justified only insofar as it serves to promote and maintain social solidarity. - Leon Duguit
Therefore, if the state, or any holder of power, acts in a way that harms social solidarity or ceases to promote it, the individuals within the society have a duty, not a "right," to resist and revolt. This resistance is seen as a necessary action to restore the natural law of social interdependence, which the state has violated.