However, to their supporters and the innocent or ignorant people it may appear that the government is running well because it benefits them. Officials and politicians involved in the machine put their focus on staying in government power for as long as possible, rather than providing a well running government. Hobbes proposed the concept that the absolute monarch would keep order and provide services essential to running an efficient form of government. During the English Revolution Thomas Hobbes argued that the best form of government was an absolute monarchy. However, Hobbes believed in the idea of contractarianism, which is the idea that people are mostly self-interested but rational people are willing to act morally and obey government authority. During the American Revolution the founding fathers desired a strong, fair, government that protected the people’s individual freedoms. In the United States’ government the three branches create a checks and balances system and allow for the power to be distributed throughout the government system.
Within each of the three branches are various organizations, groups, and committees with various jobs. The United States government is divided into three branches the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Due to partisanship and its relevance in the United States’ political landscape, the machine’s past and future effects will continue to prove to have both beneficial effects and negative effects on the country and the people. The political machine will affect the United States in the future as it has done in the past and the present day. On the contrary, the political machine can provide drawbacks for the government, its officials, and the ignorant and or innocent citizens because it can lead to a series of negative outcomes for the people, specifically those whose views or opinions contradict that of the machine. An example of this can be found in the 1939 film, Mr. Viewing the central government as a monster proves to be beneficial for the politicians, their lobbyists, and citizens who support their causes. Using the metaphor of a monster from Hobbes’ work, or the term political machine accurately describes the central government because it describes what the political landscape has looked like in America, in the past and how it continues to appear present day. Which when compared to the United States’ government, it looks very different.
Hobbes then gives his outline for the political monster and the political machine inside the government and states that the best form of government is an absolute monarchy. In the book, Hobbes uses a monster from the Bible, the Leviathan to describe the government. In 1651, philosopher Thomas Hobbes wrote the book Leviathan.
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