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How did paine use concepts of equality reason and nature to criticize the legitimacy of monarchical government?

How did paine use concepts of equality reason and nature to criticize the legitimacy of monarchical government?
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How did paine use concepts of equality reason and nature to criticize the legitimacy of monarchical government?

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Thomas Paine made it clear that it was irrational for a monarch to rule simply because those in his family had done so before him, since there was nothing inherent in a blood line that made someone a good or bad leader. 
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