Does our government have a controlling problem? (CRR)

In class we have read, discussed, and analyzed a Civil Disobedience by Thoreau and also Silent Spring by Carson. Although both essays were written for different reasons there was one connection I made between the two. A Civil Disobedience was about Thoreau's perspective on government and how we need one that governs less. Carson wrote about insecticides and how they do their job in killing the insects but they are also killing the life around it. You might not yet see the connection between the two but in Carson's section "The Obligation to Endure" there is in fact a connection between the two. 

When Carson wrote that agencies were giving us "little tranquilizing pills of half truth" I immediately thought back to Thoreau. Thoreau believed that the government is unjust and needed to change whereas Carson believes insecticides, or "biocides," are unjust and the governmental "agencies" are only telling us half truths about the issue. She believes that the public should be and needs to be more aware of these chemicals that are killing our Earth that we have lived on so peacefully for thousands of years. The connection I made was the unjust nature of both of their situations. Thoreau wanted to expose the government and Carson wanted to expose the government as well for their authorization of this chemical use. Without the government agencies authorizing this chemical use there would have been no killing of the environment therefore the government is unjust. Also, like Thoreau, she believes that the government was, in fact, trying to do something good by killing the insects. Thoreau believes the government did actually do some good things but overall they controlled citizens. In Carson's case the government was trying to do something good about the insect problem but in the end they were controlling the use of insecticides and having all farms use them. 

In both writings there was the outlining message of controlling governments "sugar coating of unpalatable facts."  Thoreau noticed the unjust nature of the controlling government that started the Mexican war and wouldn't end slavery. Carson noticed and unjust government that used chemical insecticides to kill not only insects, but also life around it. It was unjust that while the government was taking down the insects they would be taking us down with them.