Thomas Hobbes State Of Nature

Thomas Hobbes’ idea of the state of nature of humans is an understandable philosophy that can be proved true by examples in history, but his contract solution for the human state of nature is a ruthless and unrealistic idea that I could not get behind. I can agree with some ideas expressed in Hobbes’ state of nature, but his solution weds some tweaking for me to support it.

The human state of nature according to Thomas Hobbes consists of pure anarchy. I don't completely agree with everything thomas Hobbes said about the state of nature, but I do agree with that humans are scientifically selfish anf their motives for every action are for personal gain, safety or reputation. An idea that was hard to understand at first to me but I know I understand and agree with is that in the state of nature, there is no good or bad because of a lack of
He says that to get to the point of a social contract, there would be so much unrest and constant conflict that people would fight until one person, the strongest, would be left and they would then be the totalitarian ruler or leviathan. His idea also consisted of maintaining order by doing whatever it takes to maintain order. This idea I disagree with. Although I do agree with the idea of a social contract which can be proven helpful by current nations that are thriving because of the social contracts that give them structure and laws. A great example of this would be the United States and how we as a nation maintain order because of the constitution, however we did not create the constitution because George Washington fought everyone on American soil and won to become the supreme leader. I more so agree with John Locke's idea of a social contract which includes the people coming together and deciding they need a social contract for order and the contract being based on equality rather than order at all costs like Thomas