Political Philosophy

We have entered into an age of unprecedented revolutionary change.   This is an age where the interconnectedness of our world produces surprise and innovation.   This connection enables small revolutionary acts to have long-lasting effects.   For instance, a one million dollar terrorist attack (9/11) brought the United States to their knees, a country that spends in upwards of 500 billion dollars annually on its military.   It is one that takes complexity and unpredictability as its first consideration and produces different ways of looking at our world and extremely new and radical geopolitical strategies.   The current global superpowers, The United States and Britain, are actively positioning themselves for global dominance for centuries to come.   These countries are fully aligned behind the scenes.   Right now, small revolutions in all corners of the globe are taking place.   From the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, to the horrific African civil wars, these revolutions are no accidents; these groups of people are not killing each other in increasing numbers by coincidence.   These revolutions and global turmoil is orchestrated by Britain and The United States to maintain their current lifestyles and ensure global dominance will not shift hands in generations to come.   It will be shown that the United States of America and Britain are the dominant “animals” in a Hobbesian State of Nature, global supremacy is achieved using Hobbesian ideologies and that Locke and Rousseau’s thoughts are not equipped to handle this Revolutionary age known as the 21st Century.

Thomas Hobbes offers a bleak view of the State of Nature. A view that can be directly seen today, through the global actions made and the policies created by the United States and Britain.   In the opinion Hobbes, humans in the state of nature are continually fearful of their personal safety.   People live in fear and are often motivated to attack pre-emptively out of fear.   We can clearly see this applied in... [continues]

Read full essay