Hobbes would be the one to agree more. Locke believed that sovereigns should get power from the people who vote, regardless of the voters. Hobbes believed that people would feud and fight each other all the time because they are not angels and that's why a strong authoritarian regime is needed to protect the interests of the people.
True, the first British strategy during the revolutionary war was to use overwhelming force, training superiority, and better technology to defeat the ill-prepared Colonists
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Their strong military and powerful government