Good Night And Good Luck

An individual almost cannot exist outside government in the society of modern day, meaning that government plays a large part in the lives of the vast majority of people. But what should the government do for the people, and what should the people do for the government? This question stretches to ancient times, when people would rule for the sake of being of “sacred blood”, a monarchy, a king would rule over a land and the people would do whatever the king said, simply because he was the “king”. Ever since these systems of government existed, people have tried to change government for the better, to help the people. Modern day, government exists to provide for the common defense, to keep domestic peace, to establish justice, and to promote …show more content…
Senator McCarthy and his committee accused massive numbers of people of being sympathetic to the communist cause, with really no evidence to support them. In such a situation, where the government overplays its hand, the people have a responsibility to stand up to the government and its injustice, as shown in the documentary/drama Good Night and Good Luck. In Good Night and Good Luck, Edward Murrow and his associates work to expose corruption and injustice and took on Joseph McCarthy and his wild accusations of communist sympathizers. Despite facing many hardships, they still continued to fight the corrupt government, just as citizens of a government …show more content…
The government, being obligated to promote common welfare, seems to have failed its job throughout history by failing to meet the social and political rights of the African Americans, leaving a deep schism between whites and African Americans that can be witnessed even today, such as the riots out of Ferguson, Missouri. This split can be shown in A Raisin in the Sun where white people are so against black people in their neighborhood, that they are willing to buy a house from the African Americans to prevent the African Americans from living near them. At such in history the people could do nothing to change, this as for every person wanting integration there was usually one in favor of