Resistance to Government

"Johnny got his gun" and the article "Resistance to government" relate to each other because they both involve the idea that the government should not have as much power as they do now. Both the book and the article discuss the idea that people do not feel connected to what is going on in the world (the things that the government takes care of) so they do not know why they may have to do a specific action. This is best portrayed in the book by Joe. Joe is crippled in a state in which he can do nothing but wander if he is dead, thinking, or simply dreaming. He did this to fight against the Germans in WWI. That is all that Joe knew about the war but because the government sent out a draft that made him fight in the war he is now in a place where he will never be able to live in anything but his mind ever again. Should we conform to the wishes of the government when we do not even know what we are fighting for or if we do not even care what we are fighting for?