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paine asserts that the monarch should not hold absolute power because...
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Thomas Paine argues a monarch should not hold absolute power because:
- Absolute power is unchecked and therefore easily leads to tyranny and abuse.
- Legitimate government exists to protect natural rights and is derived from the consent of the governed; a sovereign with unlimited power violates that principle.
- Hereditary succession and rule by birth is arbitrary and unfit — it removes accountability and often places unqualified people in office.
- Concentrated monarchical power encourages corruption, oppression, and war, undermining public welfare and liberty.
- Instead, Paine favors representative, limited government constrained by laws and popular consent.
- Absolute power is unchecked and therefore easily leads to tyranny and abuse.
- Legitimate government exists to protect natural rights and is derived from the consent of the governed; a sovereign with unlimited power violates that principle.
- Hereditary succession and rule by birth is arbitrary and unfit — it removes accountability and often places unqualified people in office.
- Concentrated monarchical power encourages corruption, oppression, and war, undermining public welfare and liberty.
- Instead, Paine favors representative, limited government constrained by laws and popular consent.
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