In Common Sense, by Thomas Paine, he explains the differences between society and government. He says our desires created society while being evil and wicked created the government. Society makes people happy because it brings positive feelings while the government restricts our evil behavior. Paine describes government as a sort of punishment for our evil behavior. He compares society to a blessing, and government is malicious in every form. Paine says man had to give up part of their property to lawgivers and government, so they could keep the people safe. Paine uses an example to explain why people created government in the first place. His example is people settled on earth unconnected from the rest and formed a society. A society of multiple
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Also, disease and sickness could kill of people of that society, and that society needs new people now to fulfill other people’s wants and needs. Emigrants would join the newly formed society too. As more emigrants migrated to the new society, laws and government would become a necessity to keep them balanced and safe. Government would join society together to establish a common cause, to set up morals and rules, to protect the society, and to make sure everyone has their wants satisfied. As the society and colonies increase in number of people, the government needs to divide into two groups (elected and electors). There are two separate groups, so the electors will not do things that only benefit themselves in the long run. Two different groups will form common interests, and everyone’s problems will get resolved because of the different branches covering different problems. For example, now we have a branch of national defense that deals with only military and war issues. Paine explains the purpose of government is to protect freedom, safeguard the people, make laws and rules, and to take care of the people’s wants and …show more content…
Without a society or people, government was not needed because there were no conflicts or problems to resolve. People formed societies to satisfy their wants and needs and to accomplish goals by doing group work. A quote from Paine’s Common Sense explains the purpose of creating societies, “A thousand motives will excite them thereto; the strength of one man is so unequal to his wants, and his mind so unfitted for perpetual solitude, that he is soon obliged to seek assistance and relief of another, who in his turn requires the same” (Paine 501). This quote says the purpose of creating societies is to eliminate the feeling of loneliness among men. Also, societies create a sense of belonging and togetherness instead of solitary. However, this quote also explains how people in societies depend on one another for help with issues or to satisfy their wants and needs. For example, one person might depend on another for crops to make food to help satisfy their need for food. As societies grew with more people, more wants and needs came with those people. Thus, everyone in those societies wanted their wants and needs satisfied. A quote from Common Sense, “..and this remissness will point out the necessity of establishing some form of government to supply the defect of moral virtue” (Paine 501). Societies created government too because government needed to create rules, laws, and morals, so
Also, disease and sickness could kill of people of that society, and that society needs new people now to fulfill other people’s wants and needs. Emigrants would join the newly formed society too. As more emigrants migrated to the new society, laws and government would become a necessity to keep them balanced and safe. Government would join society together to establish a common cause, to set up morals and rules, to protect the society, and to make sure everyone has their wants satisfied. As the society and colonies increase in number of people, the government needs to divide into two groups (elected and electors). There are two separate groups, so the electors will not do things that only benefit themselves in the long run. Two different groups will form common interests, and everyone’s problems will get resolved because of the different branches covering different problems. For example, now we have a branch of national defense that deals with only military and war issues. Paine explains the purpose of government is to protect freedom, safeguard the people, make laws and rules, and to take care of the people’s wants and …show more content…
Without a society or people, government was not needed because there were no conflicts or problems to resolve. People formed societies to satisfy their wants and needs and to accomplish goals by doing group work. A quote from Paine’s Common Sense explains the purpose of creating societies, “A thousand motives will excite them thereto; the strength of one man is so unequal to his wants, and his mind so unfitted for perpetual solitude, that he is soon obliged to seek assistance and relief of another, who in his turn requires the same” (Paine 501). This quote says the purpose of creating societies is to eliminate the feeling of loneliness among men. Also, societies create a sense of belonging and togetherness instead of solitary. However, this quote also explains how people in societies depend on one another for help with issues or to satisfy their wants and needs. For example, one person might depend on another for crops to make food to help satisfy their need for food. As societies grew with more people, more wants and needs came with those people. Thus, everyone in those societies wanted their wants and needs satisfied. A quote from Common Sense, “..and this remissness will point out the necessity of establishing some form of government to supply the defect of moral virtue” (Paine 501). Societies created government too because government needed to create rules, laws, and morals, so