"Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.
I think this picture titled "The Ship of Fools" is a good picture for this Thoreau Quote, because it shows all the fools together following each other. I believe that this quote is talking about the government and how they are all fools that follow each other. This quote relates to transcendentalism because it is a more liberal quote and is making fun of the closed minded way the government thinks. It is saying that as long as there are fools that will follow different laws than the fools will keep making new laws. This picture is a imagine of man kind traveling on a small ship that they are barely fitting on that represents humanity. Each character in the picture are fools, and being on the same boat they support each other. I think this is how Thoreau thinks about the government and as long as they are on the same boat there will be no advancements in our country. This quote is definitely something that represents transcendentalism in a nut shell, because it is saying that a fool doesn't follow a liberal outlook on life.
I have to agree with you, not only is this picture hilarious but it shows a bunch of mindless fools, or idiots. It seems like the government is filled with foolish people, they all just seem to agree with the one person who actually knows what they are doing. Just nodding your head and saying yes is not the brightest thought ever you can have. A government should be filled with strong minded people who actually debate one another and not always agree with each other.
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