I recently researched the philososphy of a man named Thomas Hobbes and his book Leviathan. If you dont know who Hobbes i will tell you. When civil war broke out in England a few hundred years ago Hobbes was loyal to the British royal family House Stewart. during this time Hobbes created a political philosophy on how goverment should work. Hobbes said that humans as a species are greedy and evil and only care about themselves and what they have. Hobbes said that if people make deals someone will just break it while the other has his turned. For example to men can be trading bread and meat but when the man with meat turns around the man with bread will just steal all the meat. Hobbes said that the only way to solve this was by having an all powerful ruler that he called a Leviathan.
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