“Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer.”
— Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776
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I want to join and oblige
In his book “The Leviathan” Thomas Hobbes tried to explain the social contract between individuals and groups on one side and the Government on the other. The choice of the term “Leviathan” portrays the monsterous nature of governments. Governments are monsters to evil doers (Tax evaders, Murderers, Thieves etc) and protector to the weak. Governments come by the will of the people as equilibruim setters: the more you earn, the more tax you pay,