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The ‘Hobbes Index’ Is Making A Comeback
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Posted By: RockyTCB, 3/9/2022 7:36:37 AM

The best thing about Joe Biden’s presidency is his penchant for short speeches. It is unclear if he has the stamina for the marathon orations of his predecessor, but certainly the American people do not. The dismal ratings for this year’s State of the Union Address bear that out as they did for Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress last year. Who can blame them? The American people have endured much lately. One might not know that from listening to Biden’s remarks on March 1st where he evaluated the state of the union as “strong.” But leading societal indicators suggest a different adjective – “Hobbesian.”

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Reply 1 - Posted by: BeatleJeff 3/9/2022 8:21:20 AM (No. 1094601)
There was no point in watching Brandon's SOTU. We already knew what he was going to say - a few inanities about the situation in Ukraine, another pitch for Build Back Bogus, and another plea for more COVID stimulus money. Stuck on stupid doesn't even begin to describe Slow Joe, and when you've already know the ending of the 15th remake of the same old plot, there's no point in watching, is there?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: udanja99 3/9/2022 8:33:04 AM (No. 1094619)
One small but important correction for this otherwise good and frightening analysis… “Despite the availability of vaccines, more Americans died WITH the coronavirus in 2021 than the year before.”
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Heil Liberals 3/9/2022 9:18:19 AM (No. 1094676)
The modern education system has done a fine job of creating a society that will follow orders, live in fear (most schools - “Our priority is to keep your children safe,”), and be just functional in society - semi-literate serfs. The Marxists have succeeded wildly despite the long hard slog that many intelligent people have endured trying to warn and save us from the evil. Politicians have been and are bought off with power, sex, and money. The minority of us that see what actually is are being destroyed economically, politically, and in some cases, physically. The conclusion of great empires and flourishing societies often follow this path. We will be lucky to make it to our 300th year.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Alecto2 3/9/2022 9:47:00 AM (No. 1094720)
"Hobbesian" societies beget "Lockean" responses.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 3/9/2022 11:28:51 AM (No. 1094892)
fta... Seventeenth-century political philosopher Thomas Hobbes is among the theorists most associated with the concept of the “social contract,” the process by which members of a society surrender some of their liberty to a higher authority in exchange for that authority’s protection of their rights. Hobbes’ magnum opus is the treatise “Leviathan” (1651), in which he described the “state of nature” that existed before order was established via the social contract. Hobbes described the state of nature as a “war of all against all” with nothing preventing one neighbor from killing another and taking his property. In Leviathan’s most famous passage, Hobbes characterized life in the state of nature as “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” Yep, agree with all of that. We are going backwards, btw. They (our government) are taking away our protections that were given to us in previous generations. They will take away your freedoms. They will take away your rights. They will take away your wealth. They will take away your safety. Ultimately, they will take away your life. See multiple examples of this daily.
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