He's the best political philosopher of all time.

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>>3107753
>Usually people never read Hobbes besides footnotes
>Thinks he was LE EDGY guy
>He actually hated tyrants and made his best to diminish the powers of the estate
>Besides not believing in a society without concentration of powers, said that social collaboration would be essential to moderate those powers, with free thinking, democracy and enlightenment
>Used extensively by statesman shills and pro-fascism faggots

NASTY

>>3107788
I just like him for his explanation of the state of nature, and his account of WHY people take part in a civil society. Essentially his explanation of the social contract.

>not John Locke

>>3107831
Meh. At the time it was revolutionary, but nowadays seems a little far-fetched, considering the discoveries in anthropology and less typical societies. Without counting the fact that mostly "contractual" rights we have were actually herded from way too many generation before us, so there was no contract at all, instead only obedience and self-maintenance of powers.