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Our Founders would have been well aware of Locke's writings which is why we see a difference between Locke's "life, liberty, & property" and Jefferson's "Life, Liberty, & Pursuit of Happiness."

The main difference is that one philosophical view of "inalienable rights" is that these rights are NOT transferable. "Pursuit of Happiness"cannot be transferred to another person, whereas property can.

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Whatever we think of this, could we please not deny that The Government is The Government, all the way down to the HOA?

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HOA?

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Home Owners Association. A “Democratic” neighborhood entity that holds certain rights of your property instead of you. Like the Ancien Regime European nobility, except “democratically “ elected.

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