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    It is not the case that Locke's labor-mixing argument, the paradigm case of grounding property in agency, relies on a prior conventional assumption that labor can generate entitlements.

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    • 1.If labor generates entitlements only by convention, Locke fails to ground property in agency itself—he merely relocates the arbitrariness rather than explaining it.
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    • 2.Many pre-capitalist societies rejected labor-mixing as generating property, suggesting the assumption reflects particular economic ideology, not universal human agency.
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    • 3.Unclaimed resources existing before any agent labors requires explaining why labor on them obligates non-laborers to respect claims—convention alone seems circular here.
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    • 1.All property systems require foundational assumptions; Locke's labor assumption is no worse than alternatives like first-occupancy or state allocation.
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    • 2.Labor intuitively connects effort and desert across cultures, suggesting labor-entitlement isn't merely Western convention but reflects deeper moral intuitions.
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    • 3.Even if labor-entitlement is conventional, conventions can still justify property claims within systems that adopt them, just as rules justify chess moves.
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