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Jean Jacques Rousseau thought everything was fine
and nobody would lack for anything
until the People took it in our mind
to bend the knee and elevate a king
for Hobbes, the rabble need a head to steer
they're miserable where there is no State
his politics is founded on our fear
we're only unified by whom we hate
between these poles, there's room to disagree
no paradigm is everywhere the best
how much to cede to buy security
legitimacy's not a single test
beyond this axis labeled "Left" and "Right"
there's still 'N' more to stoke a barroom fight