of Extension Government has been purported as the will of the people. It is believed that the will of the people is manifest in governmental actions. Too many individuals feel as if they can actually affect governmental policy and themselves regulate governmental actions. People have been led to believe that they are the government. People somehow feel that, because of the vote, they can actually control the decisions of their government. The people have been manipulated into believing that they are the government and that they make the choices that determine the fate of their nation. Yet, realistically, what power can one man hold over 270 million? What is one voice among such a multitude? The common person, only seen by the government as a drop in the ocean, can do nothing and can affect nothing with the vote. Through the vote, an enlightened human being, so like a single drop in the ocean, can do nothing to hold back the tidal waves of ignorance. Too often can one see that the will of the majority, as well as the will of the minority, is never carried out by the government. Even when the ignorant multitudes push for change the government still refuses to follow up on the people's demands. Those in power have little to fear from the weak including those voices that are heard need fear nothing from those who cannot speak. This is the political state of America, indeed of all nations; the people are not the source of governmental power, rather, they are the subjects of it. The citizens of this nation have somehow been led to believe that they are not just ordinary citizens; they are the politicians who pass the laws, the judges who sentence the "guilty," and the police who beat down the minority. “Rawls reminds us that the civil disobedient suffers inconvenience, expense, taunts, threats, real danger, and eventually punishment. His willingness, in the typical case, to suffer these consequences helps to demonstrate that his purpos...
