Why do opposite charges attract and why do masses always attract?

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Sagar Singh
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Hi THere!
can somebody please tell me why gravitation and electrostatic force exist?
why two charges attract or repel each other, and why two masses always attract each other?
 

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Sagar Singh said:
Hi THere!
can somebody please tell me why gravitation and electrostatic force exist?
why two charges attract or repel each other, and why two masses always attract each other?
No.
 

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