to me, this reading of Hobbes get straight to one of the main lessons Hobbes wants to deliver. cross-ref to a thread on Schmitt on Hobbes, which goes on to pt out that Schmitt's oh-so-virile total state lasted just a brief few years in practice. bsky.app/profile/svat...
svatebojeIn his Hobbes bk, Schmitt think things got this way because, in the development of this style of legitimacy, Hobbes left the crack of nicodemism. If an allowance of private conscience is part of the legitimating experience and we're also going to get the masses involved +