Human Nature

I agree with Hobbes point of view, people cannot coexist in one community without the control of a feared leader, or in Hobbes words, a Leviathan. Human greed and envy have always been the causes of conflicts. People tried to show that they are better than other ones, that their point of view is more accurate than other ones. The most foolish people in the community could think that they could rule over other people, make their own decisions of what is right and what is wrong. This comparison and competition between people could lead to massive consequences, such as a small conflict between the settlers of a village, to a nation wide revolution. And only a leader, or a government, which can inspire fear in the people, could keep peace and security in a community of greed, selfishness and envy. Only under the control of such a leader, different emotions, which caused conflicts, could actually benefit the state. Competition would always benefit mankind. People will compete to create new ideas, new technologies to make a better world, but again, only if their emotions are under the control of a Leviathan.