What argument does the author counter in this excerpt from thomas paine's common sense?

i have heard it asserted by some, that as america has flourished under her former connection with great britain, the same connection is necessary towards her future happiness, and will always have the same effect. nothing can be more fallacious than this kind of argument. we may as well assert that because a child has thrived upon milk, that it is never to have meat, or that the first twenty years of our lives is to become a precedent for the next twenty.

Author does not agree with the fact that Great Britain always benefited and will benefit the colonies. The author confirms this with "Nothing can be more fallacious than this.." and he does not believe the nature of the same relationship with Britain that he does not believe it must continue.

it's like watching a fable, it's not really about the animals but rather it has a meaning that is understood by us and that is implicit, not explicitly said. implicit ideas are common and are used in almost all works of art, from writing to painting to sculpting.