Quote Originally Posted by boost View Post
It is exactly a government. Further, it's a government who's cogs are greased by the threat of force. Should Tim both refuse to do his share of cleaning and refuse to vacate, then what?

Tim has a right to live in that apartment because its a contractual obligation. Klaus and Wilhelm have no right to force their majority-decided rules onto Tim. If Tim is contributing to the disarray of the place and not cleaning up after himself, that is an act of aggression against the others and they THEN have the right to respond with force. Tim can either A) agree to the shared cleaning obligation, or B) clean up after himself only. As long as Tim's doing one of those two things, he's in no way aggressing the others and they have no recourse but to allow it until the end of the lease contract, after which Wilhelm and Klaus can move on to living arrangements more suitable to their authoritarian regime. And maybe next time they'll agree to such cleaning obligations with the new third roommate, who will have to consent to such obligations before signing the lease.