That was the whole reason for entering society in the first place, to protect the right to property.

这就是当初人们加入社会的初衷，为了保护财产权。

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The reason why Bill Gates is able to make so much money is because we live in an economically and socially stable society.

比尔·盖茨之所以能挣那么多钱,是因为我们的社会，经济和治安都很稳定。

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The state of nature fully continues, in many ways, oddly even in civil society, he says, whenever we have reason to believe that our lives or our properties or ourselves are not secure.

从很多方面来说，自然状态，即使在文明社会里也显得奇怪，不论我们是否有理由相信我们有生活,生命和财产财产安全的保障。

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