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A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight. If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose. If a thousand men were not to pay their tax bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood.

— “Civil Disobedience,”
Henry David Thoreau

According to Thoreau, how can a minority exercise power?

by following the laws that the majority agree upon

by engaging in violent conflict when necessary
by protesting as a group in a nonviolent way

by ensuring that just people are not imprisoned

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Answer:

by protesting as a group in a nonviolent way.

Explanation:

According to Thoreau in the text, protesting as a group in a nonviolent way is how a minority can exercise power.

The correct answer is by protesting as a group in a not violent.

Meaning of the passage

  • He is voicing his opposition to slavery in this passage.
  • He claims that the State would rather imprison innocent people than abolish slavery.
  • *He also discusses how a minority that submits to the majority is powerless; by this, he implies that if you are unwilling to take action against something you disagree with, you are no better than those who support it.
  • A good and moral guy should at the very least refuse to support the government if they are not going to improve.

What is power minority?

  • A dominating minority, also known as an elite dominance, is a minority group that dominates politics, the economy, or culture in a nation despite making up a negligible portion of the total population (a demographic minority).
  • If they are recent immigrants, dominant minorities are also referred to as alien elites.

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