[glances at racial domination, native extermination, and the expropriation of land and labor by “enlightened” nations across the globe] hmmmm.....pic.twitter.com/7zUL79Lkpd
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Yep. Locke wrote most of the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina, which explicitly listed "negro slaves" outside of the category of "person." http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/nc05.asp …pic.twitter.com/FU9C7uwmEO
But what about The Story We Tell About John Locke?
Incidentally, this how we should respond to Jordan Peterson & Co.’s claim that all contemporary Left politics is irredeemably tainted by Stalin and Mao. You call yourself a classical liberal? Have I got some bad news for you.
You have to understand the times tho—slavery couldn’t be conflated with what we view as racism today, it muddies the waters. It’s wholly disingenuous to call everyone back then who supported slavery a racist yet ignore the heart of what caused slavery to be accepted-economics.
Just stop talking.
He was a defender of land reform? Will you next claim Henry George was racist?
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