{"id":619,"date":"2019-09-11T10:26:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T14:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=619"},"modified":"2019-09-11T10:26:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T14:26:44","slug":"richard-vs-donald-debacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2019\/09\/11\/richard-vs-donald-debacle\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard vs Donald Debacle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much of what occurred in the 16th century London strangely mirrors what occurs in the 21st century U.S., particularly in terms of politics, government, and its stability.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the essay, Bezio specifies Richard\u2019s role as the \u201cScourge of God\u201d to \u201ccleanse England of corruption through his own villainy in order to prepare the nation for the rise of the Tudors\u201d. After reading this statement, I immediately thought of the elaborate discussion from today\u2019s class on how to distinguish tyranny from terrorism. Defining terrorism is a way less complex process than defining tyranny. The concept of tyranny that the class collectively understood and agreed upon involves abuse of [total] power for personal gain without any regard to the common good. According to this understanding, Richard\u2019s role as the \u201cScourge of God\u201d would be considered dictatorial rather than tyrannical due to him being of service to the public. Yet, here lies the question of divine right under tyranny: is it a contradiction? If a ruler claims power to serve God and not himself while being cruel, is he a tyrant?<\/span><\/p>\n

I understand where Bezio was coming from when she wrote that we fell victim to Trump\u2019s toxic charisma like the people of medieval times fell to Richard. However, Richard\u2019s toxic charisma was not used on as broad of a scale as Trump\u2019s was (and still is). Trump\u2019s toxicity had been spread virtually all over the world because surely news and disapproval of his presidency did spread beyond U.S. borders. I feel that some Americans applauded him willingly for his toxicity because they agreed with it on the basis of historically-ingrained hate. It would not be fair to say that all of America fell victim to Trump\u2019s toxic charisma because some Americans were fans of his it, and all of America had been fairly warned of it during the time of his campaign in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Much of what occurred in the 16th century London strangely mirrors what occurs in the 21st century U.S., particularly in terms of politics, government, and…<\/p>\n

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