Strong Government

The call for a strong government created by people is open to some criticism. In its founding, it is impossible to have a government that is created by people coming together and deciding that it is in the interest to create a government. The idea is impractical as in most cases; it is the sovereign that decides to create a strong state. The people in most cases are never consulted and their views rarely considered. Therefore, creating a strong government that serves the interest of the people impossible and constituted by individuals impossible.
Analyzing the Leviathan, there are some rights that the ruler should have to protect the people (Hobbes & Gaskin, 2008). One of them is that the sovereign actions must never be questioned by those …show more content…
Therefore, these people need to be ruled with an iron fist is there is going to be peace. However, experiments from other governments have shown that the majority of the people are not egoist and those that would thrive in a chaotic society make up a small section of the community. It would be impossible for there to have democracies around the world if all the people were egoists. Even with egoists, what is needed is to have fair laws that help to prove that indeed a person wanted to benefit unfairly at the expense of the other. Therefore it is possible to achieve the desires that Hobbes had without going for an absolute monarch. Also based on the experience of the people that survived the Holocaust, in a state of nature, people tend to feel an animal pity, and it prevents them from being violent against each other. It is actually in an organized government such as the one proposed by Hobbies where the people organize themselves well enough to kill and harm each other. Also in such a government, the ruling elite will have a lot to lose if the power is taken away from them (Hobbes & Gaskin, 2008). The power is usually the one that makes people more