Re-reading Thoreau's Civil Disobedience in today's trumpfucked world
I had an appointment at service center today for an unusual noise in my car. It's 12 years old but it only has 95,000 on the odometer and has been serviced no schedule since I purchased it new. I maintain it like a space shuttle. Unusual noises disturb me. So I thought it best to bring a book with me until at least the diagnosis was done.
I realized I needed some Thoreau more than ever right about now. I re-read Civil Disobedience while the technician put the car up on the lift. I've read Civil Disobedience many times over the years but not for the past three years, since the traitor was "elected".
Reading Civil Disobedience in the age of trump was like reading it for the first time. The prescience of Thoreau is stunning. I wanted to post excerpts I found the most appropriate to our current quandary but I realized I'd have to post most of the essay so I'm linking it for your required reading.
Read it again for yourself, read it as if pertinent sections were written contemporaneously and I believe you'll be as stunned as I was.
Civil Disobedience
By Henry David Thoreau
1849
or 2016?
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper2/thoreau/civil.html
