TOLFA Segment 2, Question 4

Thomas Paine rightly (and in his day, most remarkably) recognized government as evil but still supposed it was necessary - a tragic failure. Why can an evil thing not possibly be necessary? Paine was in the service of Satan
It's necessary to prevent or counter something more evil yet
Because it would imply that all humans are evil, and if that were true, the human race would be doomed anyway.

Don't hurry away; even when you've got the right answer, try clicking on the others to see why they are wrong! Then when you have correctly answered this make notes in your student notebook, then go to Question 5.

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