Asked by yur

What does Paine suggest is the problem with a monarchic government?


It is too decentralized.


It encourages too much freedom.


It perpetuates tyranny.


It lacks sufficient authority.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
It perpetuates tyranny.

Paine argues in Common Sense that monarchic and hereditary systems institutionalize arbitrary rule and pass power to unfit rulers, thereby enabling and sustaining tyranny.