Read these sentences from the text.
If one were to tell me that this was a bad government because it taxed certain foreign commodities
brought to its ports, it is most probable that I should not make an ado about it, for I can do without
them. All machines have their friction; and possibly this does enough good to counterbalance the
evil. At any rate, it is a great evil to make a stir about it. But when the friction comes to have its
machine, and oppression and robbery are organized, I say, let us not have such a machine any
longer.
Which choice best explains how the sentences are representative of Transcendentalism?
O Thoreau's argument about organized oppression and robbery reveals his pessimism about the direction the culture
is moving in.
Thoreau's use of machines as a metaphor for the social systems he finds it important to question the value of
reflects a mistrust of industrialization.
Thoreau's argument that it is bad to make a stir about taxes on foreign governments reflects a belief that
governmental institutions should generally be respected.
Thoreau's use of machines as a metaphor for human interactions reflects a widespread fascination with the
potential of technology to simplify people's lives.