I agree with how unfair the government was for allowing slavery. Even though the government says that men are equal, the government is composed of men who use other men to provide for their own advantage (178). An example he uses is Slavery during the 19th century. He mentions that the government not only use their power to create laws in their benefit, they abuse their powers to bend the laws for themselves when they are responsible for an unjust act. “Civil Disobedience” focused on how unjust the government is. Today, Thoreau’s work is still used including in films such as “The Great Debaters”. Because of Thoreau”s “Civil Disobedience”, Americans today can decide on their own whether they want to join the army or not. People felt that this was unjust to draft people who did not voluntarily decide to join the army and fought for this to be changed. At the time, the government were drafting of boys and men into the army to fight the war without their consent. One example of how Thoreau’s work was used to fight injustice in America was during the Vietnam War. One example of Thoreau’s followers was Martin Luther King, who used Thoreau’s work to fight segregation during the 50’s and 60’s. For those of you who don’t know, Thoreau was an inspiring writer from the 19th century whose worked has influenced many people involved in social movements in the 1900’s.
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