When a nation had refugees who attempted to escape or orphans who grew up in adolescence in different races and cultures, commonly we would think it is important to eliminate the bureaucratic elements of the governance. For the main reason behind the political philosophy, we upheld the contemporary belief that it is the act of civilization to release the weak and the less oppressed from pain and inequality. Eventually, we found “tyranny” as the best description for the results of dictatorship and labor oppression, which created the negligence of unequal distribution of wealth and resources in the disadvantaged group of every nation. In a realistic view, the main features of utilitarianism and authoritarianism should be eliminated as the principles are conservative and corruptive. Some supporters suggest that the cancellation of tyranny can create a peaceful political atmosphere and successfully remove fascism, in which a more civilized political society can be formed. On the other hand, some politicians hold the strong belief that only strict law enforcement can ensure the strong obedience of laborers in the lowest part of the hierarchy. While it remains controversial whether part of the elements of tyranny should be preserved as a political means, the pros and cons of completely canceling the established extreme political strategies and inhumanity laws will be examined in this essay by reviewing the revolution of political methodology varying by decades.
My first argument is based on the positive impacts that the deletion of despotic rule and tyranny has brought to the improved political environment on the global political stage.“Tyranny” first drew my attention to the unhumanistic acts by Hilter and previous Western history. The oppression of laborers, the deprivation of freedom of speech, and the centralization of wealth in the more privileged have been long existing in this contemporary world globally. In the meanwhile, the representatives of an “institution” or an “association” then stand up and followed by an inspirational and revolutionary speech on behalf of a group of laborers. “Timothy argues that we reserve our fundamental rights to defend an institution or support it in accordance with our methodology, which naturally the evolution of institutions takes place by decades.”(Tyranny, )This implies that the policy of benevolence can give the poor a new opportunity to fight for the fundamental human rights that they deserved to have. Snyder’s publication reinforced the critical thoughts that it is an important lesson to rethink where freedom comes from and it highlighted how the bureaucracy of institutions may limit the improvement in transforming the old and conservative values into the universally-acceptable principles. Instead of being forced to obey the dictatorship, we reserve our personal power to express our disagreements regarding the policy-making and decisions of distribution in the social welfare of a nation or even an alliance. On the surface, a formal institution can be the cornerstone that provides guidelines and written regulations for us to fight for democracy and saves us from the darkness.
A more revolutionary thought is to remove our disagreed institutions by ourselves and recreate a new republic by setting up an example for others to follow. We ought to eliminate the hateful messages and symbols, like how we attempt to remove the label of “feminism” and accept the universal concepts of gender empowerment. If Martin Luther King did not give his speech titled“I Have a Dream”, our ancestors could have wasted more time searching for the meaning of life. I can firmly say that the old generations may not realize that they own the right to change stereotypical thoughts into a new wave of thoughts and even stronger power to establish more transparent and humanistic governance. The diminishing tyranny in the world had saved numerous unprivileged and rekindled the hopes of the oppressed and the poor to be protected under a safety net.
“Bearing the responsibilities to make choices of our endorsements or disagreements gives us the courage to engage in the change of the world. Notice the swastikas and the other signs of hate enables the reality of tomorrow and never get used to the things surrounding you.”(Tyranny, ) Supported by Snyder, we surely can follow a trustworthy institution or we can highly defend the authorized political parties, yet the defending act towards institutions can create a new political philosophy. We, as human beings, all have equal rights to restate our political standpoints if we have reasonable judgments and substantial evidence to convince us. It is believed that, if there is a group of people with a willingness to remove the traditional and bureaucratic thoughts, then we can be rescued from the non-sense and corruptive dictatorship. That’s the initial step for us to kick away the outdated principles and be able to look at things through a completely different lens. To walk out from the sophisticated framework that we to a large extent rely on, we are able to explore more possibilities and develop new dimensions of thoughts by the accumulation of previous histories over hundreds of decades.
The advanced advantage of pulling down the dictatorship is the maintenance of a more equitable working environment and a more guaranteed equality in different races. When black has been struggling hard to fight discrimination over their race and their dialect, the discrepancies between the black and the white still exists under the privileges that the white can always owe. The same application can be put into the setting of a concentration camp in Nazi Germany and today’s fierce business environment, which looks for relatively cheap labor that fits the cost-effectiveness. To me, tyranny can be defined as any behavior or performance by the government or institutions to deny the rights of people from different classes. During the time of the Victoria Era, upper classes were not allowed to participate in the medical field and Florence Nightingale's perspective was against the mainstream of the traditional affluent community. Nightingale once mentioned her dedication to giving her life and rescuing humans for all the circumstances in life, and she understood that it was inevitable to face hindrances in life. (Bostridge M.,2020,p.17)Her intention for initiating the transformation of mobility in the nursing profession was strong, it is a compelling example to illustrate that majority of people have spent their life in breaking social norms to gain back dignity and fundamental rights. Beyond our imagination, oppression does not only exist in the lower classes of society but some particular professions have their own ethics that require us to obey and follow.
To create a delightful pathway in work for females, Nightingale has reconstructed the feminine common sense and attempted to remove all the discrimination and cultural values that people would like to put on them (Bostridge M.,2020,p.19)Since the position of nurses were comparatively low, the significant point is that they were all at their fifty years old with unhealthy living habits e.g. addiction on drugs and as an alcoholic. What motivated Nightingale was her maturity and sensitivity that built up for, her comprehensive study of European and world history thoroughly. Even though the journey wasn’t smooth and prejudiced, Nightingale placed hard efforts and determination to overcome every obstacle and constraint which is strong proof of their compassion and tenderness for her pain and endurance with struggles. (Bostridge M.,2020,p.21) The journey to strike for freedom is to remove tyranny and revolted against a new political and legislative system, or the first step can be our engagement in any form of social movements in human development and evolution of culture. Therefore, every class has its voice to speak out, and walking out from the stereotypical framework means an improvement in the structural changes of the professional framework. To walk away from the shadow of tyranny, then we can free ourselves from the gender and class stereotypes in working professions and structures of how society resources are distributed.
On the other hand, some politicians and leaders hold the strong belief that dictatorship has its own advantages to rule over a large proportion of people with less education level. If everyone in the upper class follow their own heart as Florence Nightingale behaved, how would this world become? When the basic principles of downward mobility have been uprising for years of time, Nightingale was a girl with rich knowledge of Western histories and political philosophy that degraded herself to work as a laborer for the lower classes. It is crystal clear that it is nonsense and unreasonable that a lady from a more privileged group created a disturbance to the stereotypical climate of how well-off families owe power and reputation. This can cause damaging effects on the social order and long-established political system that covers the concentrated of unevenly distributed wealth on well-off families. Without the implementation of a more structured and authoritative approach to ruling a state or a nation, the internal conflicts and segregation of citizens can result in disputes and the new formation of political and military power. Then, if the occurrence of disobedience to the policy and social norms continues to expand and extends to the other aspects of life, the rules and regulations then become meaningless and have no purpose to maintain the compliance of legislative affairs.
After examining both sides, the civilians have been attempting to fully eliminate tyranny and recreate a new peaceful atmosphere in ruling every nation. Therefore, I strongly believe that the advantages of implementing the policy of benevolence instead of tyranny, which the example of Nightingale is a particular and exceptional case. And today is the twentieth century that we need new additional thoughts and the removal of conservative political philosophy that ruins the improvement of world politics.