civil disobedience nonsense

kdessss:

question: “Why doesn’t voting and consent legitimate government?”
my answer: “even though this question doesn’t make sense, thoreau believes that voting isn’t a legitimate part of government because …” 

the question isn’t in english.
correct me if i’m wrong.
i’ve read it like twelve times and asked my dad to make sure i wasn’t being an idiot.
am i missing something?

All you really have to know is that “legitimate” is taken as a verb in this case. </englishmajorism>