Question

…Whenever the legislators [lawmakers] try to take away, and destroy the property of the People, or to reduce them to Slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of War with the People, who are then no longer required to give their obedience. When legislators try to take for themselves, or put into the hands of others, absolute power over the lives, liberties, and property of the people, by this breaking of trust they forfeit the power which the people had put into their hands… –Two Treatises of Government, John Locke, 1690 According to Locke, what happens when legislators take away property? People may become more supportive of the government. People have the right to stop doing what the government says. People are more likely to give the government more power. People may decide to return to a more natural state.

Answer 1

b

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Answer 2

People have the right to stop doing what the government says.

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According to the text, when the legislators of a region take maleficent attitudes to the people, such as destroying the people's property, taking away all their autonomy and placing them as slaves, the legislators promote the existence of civil disobedience. This is because, since the people are hurt by their legislators, the people have the complete right to fight back and refuse to do what the government determines.