How Locke Would React to the Storming of the US Capitol

The recent storming of the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, represents a component of classical liberalism as the philosopher John Locke indirectly defined it in his Second Treatise of Government.

For Locke, if personal liberty is not upheld in a polity by the ruling class, then it is the right of citizens to protest in the form of revolution.

So … in what way would Locke condone the storming of the Capitol?

Author of “Up in the Air” & “Beyond Reason” available on AMAZON | MA McGill Uni | Research assistant for EUROPEUM Prague | 550+ blog posts with 1+ mil. views

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Jakub Ferencik

Author of “Up in the Air” & “Beyond Reason” available on AMAZON | MA McGill Uni | Research assistant for EUROPEUM Prague | 550+ blog posts with 1+ mil. views