The vast majority of people I know go with the second one. We live in a Hobbian world  where we believe the Leviathan is required to tame the beast of man. It's not a coincidence that Hobbes was an empericist. In the world of the rationalist, monsters to rule man are not required.

It's time for us to return to the fundamental questions we grappled with 300 years ago. We may have made a mistake.  

 For reference https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_(Hobbes_book)