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Hobbesian condition where people are free but vulnerable to violence, theft, and lack of innovation.
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state of nature
Hobbesian condition where people are free but vulnerable to violence, theft, and lack of innovation.
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Hobbes is presented as using civil-war chaos to justify monarchy and government: even bad government is necessary because the state of nature is violent and anti-innovative.
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"...he gives the idea like we were born in a state of nature, and we're free to do whatever we want. We can kill...."
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"Now I want to talk about political philosophy of the British, okay? Because again, we discussed this throughout this course. You can have new..."
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"...a different idea which is okay we're born in a state of nature we have complete freedom we can do it whatever we want..."
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"...All right. So let's think about this, okay. In a state of nature, in the real world, rats compete each other for mating rights,..."
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"We strive for status. So normally in the state of nature, rats will fight each other for status. And the rats who lose, they'll..."
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"...government but let's remember this when we're born in a state of nature we are born with circumstances that we need to live in..."
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"...to build civilization if we move children away from the state of nature we can only screw things up schools are not designed to..."
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Britain becomes empire not because it begins powerful, but because it begins divided, poor, exposed, and forced to change.
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