Effects Of Disobedience

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Has Disobedience really affected the way people live? According to Author Oscar Wilde, Disobedience helps promotes movements and social skills. Disobedience has evolved social movements and created trust on others. I think it is important to think on our own and to make our own choices in life, but disobey if it’s the right thing. One example of Disobedience had to deal with slavery. There were more than 4 million slaves in the Industrial Revolution. When a slave would try to fight against their owner, the owner would simply punish the slave in a cruel way. If nobody rebelled against slave dealers and stood up for freedom, there could be 100 million slaves in the world of today which is frightening. If slaves back then could rebel and fight

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