<u>This portion of the text shows Hobbes supported an absolute ruler:</u>
- <em>Men are continually in competition for honour and dignity . . . and consequently amongst men there ariseth on that ground, envy, and hatred, and finally war. ... No wonder if there be somewhat else required, besides [contract], to make their agreement constant and lasting; which is a common power to keep them in awe and to direct their actions to the common benefit.
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The only way to erect such a common power, as may be able to defend them from the invasion of foreigners, and the injuries of one another . . . is to confer all their power and strength upon one man, or upon one assembly of men, that may reduce all their wills, by plurality of voices, unto one will.</em>
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Thomas Hobbes published a famous work called Leviathan in 1651. The title "Leviathan" comes from a biblical word for a great and mighty beast. Hobbes believed government is formed by people for the sake of their personal security and stability in society. In Hobbes' view, once the people put a king (or other leader in power), then that leader needs to have supreme power (like a great and mighty beast). Hobbes' view of the natural state of human beings without a government held that people are too divided and too volatile as individuals -- everyone looking out for his own interests. So for security and stability, authority and the power of the law needs to be in the hands of a powerful ruler like a king or queen. And so people willingly enter a "social contract" in which they live under a government that provides stability and security for society.
It essentially brought the New Deal policies to an end because there was such a large leap in the economy. They did add a few things such as wage caps and regulations, hence the creation of insurance. <span />
Global warming "<span>B. threatens polar ecosystems". All the other answers are false, especially answer A. There is a lot that can be done to stop global warming, such as reducing energy consumption.</span>
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January 1969, Over 30,000 American soldiers and had been reported to President Nixon’s office to
be dead and over 200,000 men were injured since the war has started in 1961. It
was the last week of December 1968 when the Vietnam War ended. </span>
