The difference between the current American government and the old government is that the federal government now has the power to compel the people to obey its laws through the departments. like the army and the police. David Hume in his article, Of the Original Contract, goes against the social contract of Thomas Hobbes by the fact that he thinks that there is no conscious agreement between the sovereign and the people which creates the society and gives legitimate authority to the State over the people. . According to