Why Should The American Government Be Truly Free

The American government has never been perfect. It was built by men who were considered rebels during the Revolution when they broke off from Great Britain. There are imperfect laws, just as there are imperfect people who make and enforce them. To peacefully resist laws would have a positive impact on a free society. As it stands now--how it has stood for generations, for that matter-- the government is run less by an idea of right and wrong, and more by convenience, however immoral. If the government is allowed to force its citizens to adjust to whatever it desires them to be, that hardly makes the citizens human. Until the government realizes that it serves its citizens for their own good, this “free society” will not be truly free. The government runs primarily by large numbers rather than morals. Whatever laws get the most votes are put into effect and enforced. Large numbers are the most convenient way of running things. There aren’t enough people left over to make anything difficult. However, as Henry David Thoreau asked, “Can there not be a government in which majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience?... Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his
Enough citizens are willing enough to let the government do anything it pleases with them. Willing to go to war, knowing that it rubs against their consciences. “If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man,” (Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience). When people are repressed, they figuratively wither to the point where they’re no longer human. They act as a mechanism that the government is enabled to use for any means. If enough citizens were to resist without resorting to violence, there would be a major positive impact. If there were enough citizens to go against the grain of the government, that would be one more step towards a truly “free