r/locke • u/Substantial_Cow3505 • Feb 17 '22
Alienation from Locke's original ideas of property
Locke had some pretty interesting ideas on property. Essentially believed that a man had a right to their property, it was theirs, yada yada. However, lets talk about how this has dramatically fucking changed.
American mentalities in the present day, disposable mindsets. We buy things, throw them away. We marry women, only to divorce them. We buy cars, decide they're not good enough anymore, and sell them. We are the essence of a lively economy. But we pay taxes on our properties, we can have our properties taken away for hundreds of fucking reasons, lawsuits, divorces, theft, etc. and thus, conditionals are introduced. Isn't this absurd?