Locks say loads about the environment in which owners attempt to secure property rights.
In this article I observe the size and location of some locks as they occur in America, and speculate on the nature of locks which would come to be used in a free nation. One time my television was showing a sitcom which was set in an apartment in New York City. I noticed something behind the action the locks on the door into the apartment. Those were serious locks. Not just your usual doorknob with a key slot, and not supplemented with just one deadbolt.