Starting Post for Discussion

I agree with Hobbes position, because it is true that people need to be controlled and directed and not given too much availability for free thinking. When allowed to think for themselves people will decided to try and show their own wisdom, says Hobbes. This means that even the most foolish peasant in the village will believe that they can make all of the right decisions that the government is doing wrong. This is how the people challenge the government. It is a very small idea, but because of the our abilities for speech and thought people can make any half baked idea they want to about the current situation. People are also always trying to be better than their fellow people which creates challenge and competition as well. I believe that strict laws and the right government backing up this laws can create not a utopia but a state that is on its way to the highest good of being as self sufficient as possible.