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![]() If the injustice has a part of the machine devoted exclusively to the injustice, it might need to be left alone as well, as it may be that the “remedy” may be “worse than the evil” (12). If the injustice is necessary for the “machine of government” to function, it should be left alone as it will likely sort itself out (12). Thoreau revisits the metaphor of the machine to describe times when citizens need to rebel. ![]() ![]() Laws are set up to protect the State, and the State cannot fathom that a citizen might deny its authority. This may be so, but this rationale is the fault of the government, as the State does not encourage dissent. He states that most people will choose the second course of action, thinking that the cure of injustice is worse than the disease. ![]() Since everyone agrees that there are unjust laws, Thoreau asks whether people should “be content to obey” them, try to “amend them” but obey them until they are amended, or “transgress them all at once” (12). ![]()
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