Rebuke of Locke and Hobbes

[John Rawls]
This sounds great a priori, but not a posteriori
There's too much logic ignored
You give into this fear or hate
Because you exaggerate the risk of sliding into war
Don't ever give the powers that be license for tyranny
We don't need a dictator, we can create our rights enshrined in law

[John Locke]
Oooo, Tommy-boy, you got merc'ed!

[Rawls]
Not so fast, Locke...y boy. Your argument's not so great either
Your thoughts on how to make a state's authority legitimate requires that we havе your free consent
But nobody ever givеs consent to the stage because no one ever asks them
Your arguments are full of friction, your theories based on fiction
Surely that cannot be what you meant

[John Locke]
It was, actually
I think you overestimate how much thought we've given this!