I would completely agree with Hobbes, IF every human was normal/ the same. However, every human is different, and some people actually have the courage to defy authority, regardless of the punishments/ consequences. A good example of this is the protesters on wall street and across the country. The videos of police brutality used on these protesters are everywhere, but the movement is still gaining more and more people. An even better example is our own revolutionary war. In this war, the courage and determination of the outnumbered, outgunned, low financed, and under supplied American soldiers led them to defeat the British army whom had one of the largest empires in the world. Hobbes thinks a monster would keep the peace, but aren't the most inspirational stories about the underdogs defeating the monster?
In short, the real reason humans cannot coexist is because people are different and cannot agree. This will not change because humans are all different and there will always be millions of humans who have millions of different personalities, very few of which who will conform exactly to Hobbes' description.
Finally, to Peter: Hobbes said that bees and ants coexist. Bees and ants coexist without laws, so why should we need laws to coexist?
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