According to Paine, if a king is elected, then all subsequent kings must also be chosen in the same manner; if the king took the throne, then the entire reign is invalid. Hereditary succession is invalid from every angle. Paine continues by saying that hereditary succession also has additional drawbacks.
Government, according to Paine, is a "necessary evil" that provides people with order so they may cooperate to solve issues and prosper. But in order to do that, it had to be receptive to the needs of the populace.
In Common Sense, Thomas Paine made the following arguments: it is absurd for an island to rule a continent; America could avoid European conflicts by being free of Great Britain; London is too far away to rule America; and the King and Parliament will unavoidably rule for Britain's benefit, not America's. By denying the assumption that the king has any rightful and prior jurisdiction over the colonies, Paine's theory of government makes the revolutionary movement far more appealing.
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