Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Hobbes wanted a sovereign that could force people to refrain from their own good.
2. The predatory view of the state holds that states that exercise an effective control over the use of violence are in a position to threaten the security of citizens, and thereby exploit them.
3. The level of predation inflicted by rulers in early modern Europe on their subjects varied from place to place
4. According to Tilly, war does not make states.


1. True
2. True
3. True
4. False

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