American Romanticism

for my essay i am going to write about simplicity and questioning authority.
Thoreau said "simplicity, simplicity, simplicity." Is this a good thing? if it is, why aren't we living that way? every day i hear people say they need this , and they want that, but is that true, is it really necessary? Being simple is almost only using nature. if you are simple you won't need the makeup, the fancy water bottle, or the shoe shiner. Simple is, taking what is given to you and you dealing with that. you are not complaining that you need more. you can do a lot with a little and keep it simple.
Questions always make things complicated. There is no such thing as a simple question, because there is always that 'What if' statement. You could ask a question like 'what is a pencil?' and get a direct answer, but what if you say it has no lid? Any question can turn complicated in a snap. Teachers always say that there are no stupid questions except one not asked. however Luc Sante said " Are you a unique individual? What a stupid question!" WHAT. I thought that there were no such thing as a stupid question. Now i am a little confused. And any way that could be a very complicated question. there are many answers that will vary from each person. In a way he could be right that there is a stupid question. if someone asked" How do you spell CAT" the class would call him/her stupid. but yet that is a very simple question.
now some might be saying that i am contradicting myself, and i would agree, but is that bad. maybe i will end up changing my mind in the new phrase. at least i am not afraid to say it. as Lavender said what if Mitchell said that he hated Lady Gaga, and then the next day he hears another song and completely changes his mind. He will be to ashamed to say it because of he thought before.
Besides non-conformity, integrity, and other values i would like to do simplicity.