If Hobbes is right about human nature, then he is wrong about the state as a solution. Ironically, his key arguments for the state are actually key reasons against it.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/hobbess-accidental-case-against-state

Hobbes’s Accidental Case Against the State

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