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whom does thoreau suggest is responsible for the mexican war?

 

kelly w #183791
May 05, 2011 6:24 PM

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whom does thoreau suggest is responsible for the mexican war?

whom is thoreau suggest is responsible for the mexican war

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Aslan
May 06, 2011 10:01 PM

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Henry David Thoreau believed that, "That government is best which governs least." Thoreau believed that governments are inherently controled by small elete groups of people who "pervert" what governments are supposed to do. Thoreau's case in point,

"the Mexican war (1846-1848, which extended slavery into new US territories), orchestrated by a small élite of individuals who have manipulated government to their advantage against popular will."

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