According to Thomas Hobbes, the desire for authoritarianism is a natural consequence of all of these EXCEPT for which of the following?
A)Humans' greed and selfishness
B)People allowing authoritarian rulers to exist
C)Humanity's bleak existence in the time before government
D)The elimination of the death and destruction of the state of nature
E)The inherent goodness of people

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Thomas Hobbes believed that the natural state of human existence was one of war and conflict, where life was "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." He argued that to escape this state of nature, people collectively agreed to surrender some of their freedoms to a sovereign authority in exchange for order and protection. This perspective does not align with the idea of the inherent goodness of people as a reason for desiring authoritarianism; rather, it is based on the need to escape the chaos of the state of nature and ensure personal security.

According to Thomas Hobbes, the Desire for Authoritarianism Is a Natural