Thoreau's Ideal Form Of Government

Thoreau believed that the best government is the one that governs least. His goal was to see his ideal way of how government should operate be adopted in the least time possible and in and it be done in carefully organize stages (Perkins 250). For his master plan would be fully implemented when all the people accepted that a government should not govern at all.

Thoreau states that the current form of government is prone to misuse. Moreover, the government can be used to fulfill a few people selfish needs before the public can get a chance to prevent the misuse (Perkins 250). He gives an example of the Mexican war. He claims that the decision to go to war was work of a few individuals who used the standing government as a tool to accomplish their own desires. Additionally, the public did not have any say on the decision to go to war.

However, it is losing its integrity in every action is taking. Additionally, according to him the America government can bend to the will of one man (Perkins 250). It is a wooden gun that the people have been given to protect themselves but according to the people expectation of how a government should be, instead of a wooden gun it should be more complex machinery.

Thoreau claims the government has failed to bring any development in the country. For instance, it has failed in keeping the country free, has not educated the nation or settled the west. But he claims the American citizens are the one who have done what the nation has accomplished. Thoreau states that he calls for at once better government, but not for at once no government. To get an ideal government according to Thoreau, the citizens should be asked what kind of government that commands their