I think that what Hobbes says definitely has some truth to it. We as people cannot come together to make decisions. We all have different opinions and we all try to prove that our ideas are better than others. Our government is having problems like this. The country is divided between two parties and they are not able to solve the country's issues together. Humans naturally seek competition and compare each other. We consistently strive to be better than each other in many different ways. The people making decisions in our country believe too strongly that their idea is right and that the other person's idea is wrong. They have trouble admitting that the other person's idea is better for the sake of the community. But as you can see, arguing over whose thoughts are better leads no where. If anything, bickering drives people further apart from each other and creates tension which can possibly lead to war.
Hobbes is right when he says that we all need to have someone create all the decisions. However like what John said, I do not think that having a dictator would be the best idea. For what has happened in the past, the dictator becomes too aggressive with his power and begins to use his power for things that have negative results. It seems that the only way Hobbes' idea could work if a dictator came to rule that used good judgement and was able to make wise decisions.
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