Hobbes on the State
Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS
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Are You Meant to Be Like the People Who Give You the Power?
Hobbs wants to strip the fear out of politics by putting it all in one place. But if you just think about what it would mean to be such a sovereign, it's going to be really hard. It's not at all clear just how human it is to do that job. We're left with a sovereign who hasn't been chosen by us and isn't necessarily smarter or stronger than us. Even the weakest person has the power to end the life of the strongest because none of us is ever secure.
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