Totalitarians of Western Philosophy
Running through some of the most beloved texts in Western political philosophy. They are loved for their ingenuity and beauty. But they are respected and believed for their screeching authoritarianism. You might see episodes on...Plato, Hobbes, Rousseau. Hegel, Nietzsche, Zizek, Pettit, etc.
Totalitarians of Western Philosophy
Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan of Oppression
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Hobbes (1588-1679) was the origin of social contract theory and classical liberalism as well as a totalitarian, which should get you worried about the whole subsequent history of sct and cl.
Hobbes calls the state "a god" and "the god." That is traditional ever since. Hegel says the same. And people just informally believe it in their hearts. I just read Pierre Bourdieu in On the State, experimenting with governmental divinity as well.