Philosophically speaking, Locke was right, but Hobbes was righter and if we don't do something then it's all over for you and I as we know it.https://jumpshare.com/s/8tWJYoyj5i4BXZZrfxAwFor reference^
>>24778419Neither of them would be allowed on Reddit. They violate the Terms of Service.
>>24778419social contract theory is actual bullshit and hobbes was a completely bootlicking coward
>>24778437It isn't bullshit you are dictated by it to this day
>>24778440Hobbes even admits the state of nature which social contract theory is based upon is nothing but a thought experiment made to reflect the proclivities of the people of his time. It has no historical precedent and is entirely just made up to glaze the 17th century monarchism.
>>24778444So you don't think you're in a social contract? From your very birth? They begin to document and control you by attaching a government ID number to your person, commonly called the social security number here, but they have it elsewhere as well to keep track of citizens.
>>24778444This is not the only contract you unknowingly sign onto when you exist in the society of today, there are others.
>>24778419>Hobbes, Locke, etc. still the same man, same genus at the bottom.—"Beauty is nothing."—"Virtue is nothing."—So "perspective nothing.—Music nothing."—But these are the greatest realities of things, especially the beauty and order of affections. These philosophers together with the anti-virtuosi may be called by one common name, viz. barbar.
