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Thomas Paine asserts that the monarch should NOT have absolute power because...?

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Because absolute monarchy concentrates unchecked power in one person and so inevitably produces injustice and tyranny. In Common Sense Paine argues that hereditary rule does not ensure virtue or ability, places unaccountable rulers above the people, and is an unnatural, corrupt institution. Government exists to protect the rights and welfare of the people and should be based on their consent; absolute monarchy fails that test and therefore should not be tolerated.