i mean, i get that hobbes is pretty widely misunderstood. he was actually some kind of proto-fascist, advocating total control in the hands of the state in order to stop people from getting at each other like they are in the show. his description of "human nature" was presented as an obstacle to overcome, rather than an ideal or even an unavoidable truth.
but, a certain misunderstanding of hobbes is very useful for the kind of casino capitalism that the elites in the united states desire, and want us to live by. what hobbes saw as a tragedy is their ideal order, and they've been actively seeking to influence public behaviour to align with this kind of social darwinism for quite a while now, as a reaction to the perceived threat of communalism that hobbes half advocated. i mean, trust me - nobody with good sense thinks hobbes had good solutions. but he at least realized that some kind of collective action was necessary to present a sustainable future.
what the elite have been saying for decades now is "we agree that hobbes was wrong, but we also agree that marx (and locke and rousseau...) was right. which means that our order is not a total failure, because people are malleable and programmable. so, through propaganda, we can create the hobbesian world that doesn't really exist. we can brainwash people into violent, if not always rational, self-interest. then, we can apply the social theories that have been debunked."
it would be insane, if it wasn't so diabolical.