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    It is not the case that Pre-political property rights grounded in labor or first occupation are fully legitimate without civil ratification (Locke, Second Treatise §27).

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    • 1.No fact about labor effort alone determines boundaries: how much mixing creates ownership? Labor theory underdetermines property claims.
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    • 2.Pre-political property requires objective enforcement mechanisms; without civil authority, 'rights' lack practical teeth or dispute resolution.
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    • 3.Common pool resources don't belong to anyone pre-politically, so labor on shared resources requires collective consent, not unilateral appropriation.
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    • 1.Labor mixes one's effort with natural resources, creating a justified claim independent of social conventions or state recognition.
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    • 2.Property rights must originate somewhere; grounding them in labor avoids infinite regress to some prior authority.
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    • 3.People can meaningfully own their labor, so they own what their labor produces from unowned nature.
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