..brutish and short.. Archived Message Posted by Gerard on August 20, 2020, 11:10 am, in reply to "Terrible War.." "Hereby it is manifest that during the time men live without a common Power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called War; and such a war as is of every man against every man.[15] [...] In such condition there is no place for Industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain: and consequently no Culture of the Earth; no Navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by Sea; no commodious Building; no Instruments of moving and removing such things as require much force; no Knowledge of the face of the Earth; no account of Time; no Arts; no Letters; no Society; and which is worst of all, continual Fear, and danger of violent death; And the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short" Would Hobbs recognise that he is (very nearly perfectly), describing the functions and nature of globalised capital...? Message Thread: Execution by lethal injection in USA - Mary August 20, 2020, 5:45 am Re: Execution by lethal injection in USA - Mary August 20, 2020, 5:58 am Re: Execution by lethal injection in USA - Raskolnikov August 20, 2020, 7:43 am Re: Execution by lethal injection in USA - Raskolnikov August 20, 2020, 8:04 am Terrible War.. - Gerard August 20, 2020, 11:04 am ..brutish and short.. - Gerard August 20, 2020, 11:10 am ####ing savages....nm - Keith-264 August 20, 2020, 9:23 am   Searching