Thoreau is a God

Let me just throw this out there...Thoreau is a God. Civil Disobedience is honestly the most gutsy, intriguing, and straight to the point essays I've ever had the pleasure of reading. The way he goes against his state and basically tells people that if they don't like a law, they shouldn't abide by it is just AWESOME. He brings up a multitude of powerful points, such as: reform won't ever be effective, one needs to be an individual first and a citizen second, voting and petitioning with not change much, wash your hands clean of the government, the people who play along with the government are the ones making the big bucks, and finally that slavery was a moral event that should be eliminated. All of these statements are ones that I find origional and painfully true. If we're going to be honest, then let's be honest. Our government can be corrupt at times, in fact, most of the time it's just one big money scheme. Unfortunately, though, that's probably never going to change. The majority takes precident over the minority of people in general. That being said, the power is in the majority, and the majority is in the government because anybody who's affiliated with the government is making the money. Follow me? Basically what Thoreau is saying is forget it. Forget the corrupt government and give up trying to work for them--do what you want to do and be happy with doing just that.

Whether or not this would ever actually work is beyond me. If everybody just did what they wanted...well...that would be a complete disaster, but Thoreau is clearly God, so he's going to do what he wants no matter what.