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Can the rights of social minorities be guaranteed under Locke's government?

This is a question I can't get to the bottom of after reading Locke.

Obviously, Locke's majoritarian-based government relies on the majority agreeing to be governed. If the rights of the people in a government are disrespected, the state is considered dissolved- **but** Locke clearly states that consensus is impossislbe, and that the majorty of a group is enough to agree upon government.

So, the question is, can the rights of social minorities actually be enforced or guranateed under Locke's system?
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I don't know if Locke gave enough details to sort this out. In other words, "Locke's government" is too amorphous a category for us to say conclusively whether it would guarantee the rights of minorities sufficiently. You may find is *Letter Concerning Toleration* useful, since that deals with minorities. If you're interested in how Locke-inspired views deal with this, the typical answer is that anyone is free to leave any time, so even if your rights aren't guaranteed, that's no problem. Just take your land and secede. Since the government won't want people up and leaving all the time, it'll have to make sure to protect everyone's rights.