also Leviathan isn't "monarchy", it's a much bigger concept & wholly encompasses liberal-democratic nation-states. the idea of state monopoly on legitimate violence is part of it -- philosophically that idea comes as much from Hobbes as from anyone else
I WIN AGAIN!!! +1 for team anti-straussian. I would like to thank the academy...
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haha, um... well. in context I guess I can't exactly *blame* you for having gotten the impression I'm not right there on team anti-straussian with you, *but*
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Heh, I just have a strong immune response to argument by authority in general, on subjects where there are no viewpoint privileges except time (as opposed to for eg astronomy with its instruments). My first theory of anything political is generally my own prima facie one.
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