Resistance to government

The book and the article are both a like in that they have a theme of being somewhat against the governments tactics.  The article talks about how people do not feel directly connected to the government because many of the issues they try to enforce have no connection to its people.  This is similar to when Joe talk about how he doesn't understand why he was fighting, and how he got tied into the war in the first place.  It was not his war. He had nothing against the people he was fighting.  Yet, the government does.  Joe wanted to feel like he was fighting for something or someone, so he connected his fighting to his family, friends, and girlfriend, Kareen.  But, without that he really did not know what he was fighting for.  This is why many people feel so unconnected to the government, and where the idea of the best government is the one who governs the least.  The agenda of the government and the agenda of its people are always going to be different.  The government has the best wishes of the people, but often those concepts and ideas are not tangible to ordinary people.  Fighting for liberty or freedom is not something you can directly see, so it doesn't seem to relate as a major importance to most.