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Why does Paine say tyranny is like hell? A) He is trying to make a joke. B) Both are very hot places to be. C) He wants to prove that tyranny is not a bad thing. D) Both are oppressive to others and not easy to conquer.

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D

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He compares tyranny to hell because both are oppressive to others and not easy to conquer. Thomas Paine despises oppression and tyranny and thus compares it to the worst thing that could possibly be imagined.

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D) Both are oppressive to others and not easy to conquer.

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