Corruption

                What is more corrupt; the power of business's who make profits for themselves, or the government? People look up to the government as if a superior god and when the government puts it's foot down, people will submit. However, what happens when one man defies the will of the government and exposes it for what is really is? 

                Hank stands on trial and is at risk of going to jail and loosing his property, but he refuses to defend himself or fall to the mercy of the court, leaving the judges in confusion. What the government and the public don't realize is "you will discover that you need the voluntary co-operation of your victims, in many more ways that you can see at present." (page 443) Hank makes a point to show that rather than being a man who is innocent until proven guilty, he is a victim to the law and he shows the public that we neither have rights nor the freedom at the will of the government.  Hank wants "to let the nature of this procedure appear exactly for what it is. If you need my help to disguise it - I will not help you." (page 443)

                Although he is corrupt in his own minor ways such as "Do I wish to pay my workers more than their services are worth to me? I do not. Do I wish to sell my product for less than my customers are willing to pay me? I do not. Do I wish to sell it at a loss of give it away? I do not." (page 444) the vision of the government as a sanction of justice is cleared and can now be seen as for its manipulation. What I found most interesting that actually made me smile was the courtrooms response. Rather than booing Hank for his confessions to his selfishness, "the crowd burst into applause." (page 445) All of the "victims" of the law who were too afraid to stand up for what they believed, found hope in Hanks speech. This just goes to show the ability the law had to keep the populations mouth shut until one man spoke up.