Civil Disobedience Essay

A free society operates on principles of continuous advancement in the social and economic spheres of the society. A free society would be able to disobey laws that they perceive as backwards and limiting on a people group. This group of people practicing civil disobedience must be able to unite and prepare a plan in order to achieve their goals. In the ideal free society, civil disobedience would only progress the society positively. In recent American culture, people have not peacefully practiced civil disobedience and have been unable to phrase their goals succinctly to the media. Marches and protests for the Black Lives Matter movement have sometimes involved violence. Because the Black Lives Matter movement is not an internationally connected movement and various people who may not practice formal civil disobedience can become involved, the movement has gained a negative reputation. The movement also has not prepared specific goals that they want to be the result of their protests which limits the reaction a government official would have if they ever were swayed by the actions of the protesters.

There are many situations of wrongdoing that civilians simply do not know about to know to resist. By witnessing a movement take place before their eyes the media will provide them the information or they may observe firsthand such individuals. Society would not collapse from a small group of people disobeying a law or group of laws in a civil manner because they can be processed through the systems such as jail and would not harm others. The only effects they may have on others outside of the movement would be indirect, such as forcing them to move themselves or their car a longer distance in order to reach their destination. Such a situation would not bring any one person to anger nor disrupt them greatly as they go about their