If you haven’t heard of or read John Locke, and you’re an American citizen, you need to read John Locke.
John Locke was perhaps the most influential political theorist on the American founding. The Declaration of Independence is essentially a plagiarized version of Locke’s writings. Thomas Hobbes’ writings acted as a spring board for Locke’s writings, which is why I chose to include an article about Hobbes—-but it’s Locke who…