# Hobbes’s State: “Why Are You Hitting Yourself?”

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Published: 2026-05-08T16:50:03+00:00
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## Resource

To complain against the state’s actions, argues Hobbes, is to ultimately complain against yourself because you originally authorized the state through social contract and the state represents you! Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/hobbess-state-why-are-you-hitting-yourself

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