Locke said you can claim common land as your own, but only under one condition

John Locke argued people own the fruits of their labor, even when taken from land held in common, but attached a condition now called the Lockean proviso: your taking must leave 'enough and as good' for everyone else. The proviso quietly limits how far private property can expand before it starts stealing from the pool everyone was entitled to share.

— John Locke, Second Treatise of Government — 1689

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