This movie was very interesting to watch after talking about tyrants and personal gain in class. In the movie we see how someones desire for power will propel them to do many unethical things. The movie shows how someone can come into power in a legitimate way, conquest of the throne. After the civil war a new line takes the throne. After the legitimate gain of power Richard III starts showing tyrannical behavior as he becomes greedy for more power and self gain. He becomes a very strong tyrant.
I like how in Dr. Bezio’s paper there is a comparrison of 16th century England to Americas current political climate. It is important to look at these comparisons to see how even centuries later toxic charismatic leaders prevail. It was very interesting me that the patterns shown by toxic charismatic leaders can be compared to past unethical leaders in history to see the potentially bad things a leader can amount to.
This paper taught me to look at history and examine the behavior of leaders before and after they gained power. These studies of historical leaders can be used to compare with present leaders. If behaviors are similar we can use the case studies to project a potential path and course of action the present leader may take.
It is so important to examine the past in order for us to not repeat the same mistakes in the future and I think the paper really showcased that idea well.
I think that an important lesson to be learned through the movie and Bezio’s work is that history repeats itself, seen through the many similarities of Trump and Richard. Continuing off this idea, in order to prevent charisma from blinding us to the real intentions of our current and future leaders, we as a nation should listen carefully and use words to change the direction of our nation to a more truthful, promising time.
I also found the fact that patterns evident in today’s toxic charismatic leaders are so similar to those in the 16th century particularly interesting. It just goes to show that history repeats itself. I just wish we’d learn from other people’s mistakes every once in a while.