"What are the limits on government

"即使多数人同意
that even the agreement of the majority can't override?"

政府权力也不能逾越的界限在哪"
That was the question we ended with.

这就是我们上次结束时的问题
We saw in the case of property rights

在财产权案例中我们知道
that on Locke's view

在洛克看来
a democratically elected government has the right to tax people.

民选政府有权向人民征税
It has to be taxation with consent

但必须取得同意才能征税
because it does involve taking of people's property for common good

因为它的确为了公共利益取走了人们的财产
but it doesn't require the consent of each individual

但这同意并非指在制定税法和征税时
at the time the tax is enacted or collected.

要征得每一个人的同意
What it does require is a prior act of consent to join the society,

只需之前人们已同意加入社会
to take on the political obligation

并同意承担相应的政治义务