The Political Choice

In 16 51, when the king had his head chopped off, this was important for hobbs to say. It's worth remembering that the sovereign under whom hobbs was born and spent the early years of his life is a queen. If you can't get that right, you have no choices. Your politics will break down. And if that's how your politics boils down, something's gone wrong. The political choice is order or chaos. That, for hobbs, was the real so let me try and say a bit more about the implications of that radical, jolting, slightly mad, incredibly powerful argument.