Neither was Hobbes, but the ‘nasty, brutish and short’[1] state of nature is not something we should aspire to.

Ironically, the chaos of liberal democracy might be the greatest stabilizing force our species has ever known. Even the Pax Romana the ancient Chinese bureaucracy, and the European empires fell apart for one reason or another.

Let’s hope liberal democracy has many more miles left in the tank.

[1] https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/nasty-brutish-and-short....