What belief is the principle of popular sovereignty based upon?

multiple choice answers:
a. the government must be run by officials who are appointed to office by their predecessors.

b. the government gets its power from the people and can exist only with their consent.

c. the people have authority to declare any federal or state law unconstitutional by voting on it.

d. the people do not have to obey any laws with which they disagree.

John locke viewed the social contract as a choice or "consent of the governed", where the people possess the power to change government. how did thomas hobbes see the social contract? man is born in chains, but can be set free through good deeds. man is born happy, but becomes more miserable as he ages. man is born poor, but can rely on other individuals for security. man is born selfish, but can give up some freedom in return for security provided by the government.