Karl Marx And Thomas Hobbes

Many Political Philosophies were presented in many different aspects through philosophers and social thinkers. Three philosophers in which had very strong influences on countries throughout the world were Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Karl Marx. These three people all had strong opinions in the concept of government rule and the effects towards the people. Thomas Hobbes had very strong beliefs in how monarchy was the best form of government. He talks about how this is the only way peace can be sustained, and how everything within a country would stay organized. John Locke on the other hand, had views of an equal government, ruled by man as a whole and natural rights playing a big part in society. He had strong feelings about how the government
Hobbes’s believes that the commonwealth should be ruled by a sovereign power in order to keep straight lines and to provide security towards the people. He states total authority provides for the best rule to ensure no revolts, as well as no foreign powers attempting to overrule. His view from a materialistic perspective gives the people an idea how he sees the government should interact with its people. He talks about the constant battle than man has against himself and how horrible this problem is, then states that it is a necessity to build the Leviathan ideas through social contract. Hobbes’s ideas influenced governments world-wide and is now used as a blueprint towards modern
Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto in 1848 where he first introduced the idea of communism and the reasoning behind it. Marx explains the issue of social classes and the gap between them. The gap between the classes will eventually lead to them not being able to retain coexisting relationships due to production rate and quantity. Marx says the effect of this will lead to a revolution, in which the outcome will be the end of class structure itself and there will be no more private property making all land being shared throughout. In the manifesto Marx says that this development is unavoidable, and that the rule of capitalism is unbalanced and not