Which of the following best describes a similarity between thomas hobbes and jean-jacques rousseau?
a. both believed that all members of a community should be equal.
b. both argued that a country's political power must always be divided.
c. both believed that societies were built upon social contracts.
d. both supported absolute monarchy as the best form of government.

The correct answer is C. Both believed that societies were built upon social contracts.

Hobbes and Rousseau are both contractual philosophers of the Enlightenment period. They both deal with human nature, the origin of society, and how society should be ordered.

On one hand, Thomas Hobbes in his book, Leviathan, argued that after a chaotic state of nature, individual humans would organize, make a social contract, and renounce to some individual liberties in order to form a strong central power (the state) that protects them from the abuse of stronger individuals.

On the other hand, Jean-Jacques Rousseau said in the political treaty The Social Contract, that during the state of nature the individual human was naturally good but it was impelled to associate to others in order to satisfy its needs. For that reason, humans would freely make a social contract by which they would be led by the general will of the society, which is fundamentally a democracy.

patriotism is when people have love and devotion for their country.

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no

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not everyone in america is free. it is has always been a unequal society. and yet people come in swarms, in search of better lives. some are brought as children, unaware, unknowing. some arrive and just don’t leave. they build lives, pay taxes, raise families. some enter illegally, fleeing persecution in their home country.

there are many reasons why human beings are so attracted to america, despite its history of bitterness towards immigrants.

there are almost two million immigrants brought to the us when they were children. president donald trump and his collaborators are determined to rid the us of as many undocumented immigrants as they can, and stop others from coming because none of their ancestors were immigrants.

america has so many things and yet it lacks the one thing that humanity needs to fully thrive. and so this country will not be at peace in itself until it resolves the pain at the heart of slavery, attacking immigrants, and crumble the rights of those with less power.