Well, as you know Leviathan is a biblical monster, symbolizing the power of matter and the dominion of nature that degrades man. Hobbes uses this biblical image symbolically to describe the power of the state as sovereign over the individual (state power as "mortal God"). And he writes writes that the chaos or civil war can only be avoided by strong central government. In this way he denies the right to rebellion to the public contract. But Hobbes takes into account the possible breakdown of the state. While the social contract was made to establish a state that provides "peace and protection" to the people, the treaty would be meaningless if the government did not protect its citizens. In such a case, the person would automatically return to his natural state until the creation of a new public contract.
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Is China an example of a kind of Leviathan state? It has a stong central government that has its citizens tacitly consenting to its authority in exchange for certain rights, freedoms and economic properity. In other words, a soft authoritarianism.
Yes. I recommend to you one Russian film "Leviathan " by Andrey Zvyagintsev you can see there how this biblical monster function :)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2802154/?ref_=nv_sr_2
Thanks, will definately check it out.