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Paine asserts that the monarch should not hold absolute power because:


They lack education.


They are easily influenced.


They are funded by the populace


They are not elected

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
They are not elected.

Paine argued in Common Sense (and elsewhere) that hereditary monarchy is illegitimate because rulers are not chosen by the people and therefore should not hold absolute, unchecked power.