Remember, the state of nature is the condition that we decide to leave, and that's what gives rise to consent.

记住，自然状态是我们决定脱离的状态，正是因此，产生了同意这一概念。

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If the right to private property is natural, not conventional, if it's something that we acquire even before we agree to government, How does that right constrain what a legitimate government can do?

如果私有财产是与生俱来的，而非约定俗成，如果这是在我们同意组建政府前就拥有的，这个权利又如何能限制合法政府的行为呢？

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