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How does Paine distinguish between society and government?


Society is wealth; government is power


Society is conflictual; government is peaceful.


Society is natural; government is artificial.


Society represents unity; government represents division.

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Society is natural; government is artificial.

Paine writes that "society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness" — society arises spontaneously to meet human needs, while government is an artificial institution created to restrain and regulate human vices.