“You have formed into a regular and consistent system one of the most intricate and important parts of political science, and if the English be capable of extending their ideas beyond the narrow and illiberal arrangements introduced by the mercantile supporters of Revolution principles, and countenanced by Locke and some of their favourite writers, I should think your Book will occasion a total change in several important articles both in police and finance.” ---William Robertson, letter to Adam Smith of 8 April 1776, Smith’s
"International land grabbing" needs a bit of what the cool kids call "unpacking", I think. IIRC, Locke claimed that conquerors (implicitly, conquerors of white Christian realms) were obliged to respect the property rights of the realms they conquered.
By contrast, for colored people, expropriation and enslavement was always fine with him - a point on which he practised what he preached.
"International land grabbing" needs a bit of what the cool kids call "unpacking", I think. IIRC, Locke claimed that conquerors (implicitly, conquerors of white Christian realms) were obliged to respect the property rights of the realms they conquered.
By contrast, for colored people, expropriation and enslavement was always fine with him - a point on which he practised what he preached.