However, Hobbesian democracy cannot
be characterised as government by consent unless one assumes that every
subject of the State ‘consents’ to whatever rules it imposes regardless of how
or why he or she votes and regardless of whether he or she votes at all.
Obviously, under that assumption, elections and voting have nothing to do
with proving consent. Apparently, then, with respect to Hobbesian democracy,
consent is not related to its democratic aspects; it must reside in its Hobbesian
aspect. The arguments are familiar: