20 Jun 2021 8:56 pm
FOS » 20 Jun 2021, 8:52 pm » wrote: ↑ Thomas Hobbes was a liberal philosopher overall...but he DID reject the concept of the innate goodness of man. That is the one liberal axiom he rejected.
Therefore his philosophy led him to endorse monarchism. Not democracy.
I think it was Ben Franklin who said every Democracy eventually devours itself.
Still liberalism is about Democracy, not revolt or rebellion