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Many leaders (Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr.) have used Thoreau’s ideas on civil disobedience as the guiding force of their political movements. Is such a use of these ideas consistent with Thoreau’s skepticism about politics? Which (if any) of his ideas are valuable in the context of political activism? Which are not relevant?