The Night and When Broken Glass Floats Both Elie Wiesel and Chanrity Him have experienced traumatic and life-changing experiences throughout their lives. Both went through a dramatic change of leadership in the societies in which they lived. Both regimes that were attempting to take control of both the Wiesel and Him societies used violent and brutal tactics against those who did not fit their idea of ​​society. The things Wiesel and Him experienced during each of their societies' attempted revolution are both very similar, but different at the same time. The regimes behind these attempted revolutions somewhat challenged what both Frederic Bastiat and Karl Marx thought about government and the role it should play in societies. In Wiesel's case, it was the Nazis and in Lui's case, it was the Khmer Rouge. These regimes, in both cases, were attempting to overthrow the current government in Germany and Cambodia respectively. These regimes had a very specific idea about how a society should be run and governed and were willing to do everything in their power to achieve their goals and agendas. The Nazi Party wanted to “purify” Germany and eliminate all the people they did not consider desirable. People who did not fit into their society were forced into concentration camps, where they would face forced labor, inhumane living conditions, and death just around the corner if they did not follow the orders of the Nazis in command. Wiesel recounts the horrors of these concentration camps, how they changed his life forever. “I will never forget that night, the first night in the camp, which turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed. I will never forget those moments when...... middle of paper......y He tells great stories of their experiences through a change of government at the hands of corrupt and brutal regimes. Both tell how the regimes made no sense for the individual rights of people in society. Ultimately, both regimes fell, but not before millions of lives had been lost. These stories shed light on how right Bastiat and Marx were about how government should be run. They show how a government that is too controlling and too authoritarian towards its people will never have a lasting existence. Government power must have limits and the individual rights of members of society must be taken into account and respected. Government is necessary in society and plays a crucial role in the longevity and success of a nation. However, too much or too little state control will ultimately lead to the demise of a society.