Shift from the Tradition

Shift from the Tradition

Introduction

Activists from varied backgrounds have been struggling to address different issues and challenges through various means, such as the development of suitable regulations and rules governing behaviors of people and operations of organizations and governments. Besides, humans tend to exhibit better and more aggressive strategies for addressing current issues and challenges as the world advances. People believe that their governments should adopt better strategies for addressing common problems such as climate change. Moreover, ‘offenders’ are trying to justify and defend their actions. Also, activist groups endeavor to present their concerns, aims, and strategies in new and improved versions to attract better meanings. Other persons explicitly and fearlessly elaborate on what they demand and want from their governments other than transpires currently. Still, other individuals believe that stereotyping and history are fierce weapons that hurt particular people while condoning others. Finally, humans tend to think that it is high time that they develop new and better meanings for their actions, things, and other elements to encourage the advancement of knowledge.

Purpose of this report 

This report endeavors to elaborate on an ongoing change with regards to how activists protest for their rights and freedom; activists are becoming more sensitive, sincere, and aggressive in their actions and conducts.

Discussion

Demand for Change in Government Strategies

People believe that their governments should adopt better strategies for addressing common issues such as climate change. Although various governments have established some approaches to tackling prevailing challenges, there exists room for improvement. For instance, activists believe that the Federal Government should develop a Green New Deal to handle climate change effectively (Ocasio-Cortez, 2019). The Federal Government has made some crucial steps with regards to strategies for addressing climate change; however, the activists argue that the government should make other adjustments and new developments to ensure that the approach emerges victorious. Besides, the activists claim that governments would develop appropriate strategies by engaging all stakeholders. Accordingly, the previously developed resolutions and policies for handling impending calamities and other common issues require reviews and revisions to remain effective and relevant. As the world advances, humans expand their knowledge and skills. Subsequently, decisions that were initially treated as highly-effective could become obsolete. As such, what governments are currently doing could fail to deliver the desired outcomes. Instead, some individuals could be suffering from current government strategies and operations. It is expectable that some undesired impacts of a development approach could emerge during the implementation stages because of specific reasons that may entail technological, political, environmental, or social changes. Thus, frequent reviews and revisions of pre-establish strategies and resolutions are inevitable if governments are to effectively and efficiently handle prevailing issues and challenges. Therefore, governments should shift development approaches that were drafted in the past to the most recent and improved ones.

A Need for Decriminalization of Actions of Persons with Superior Capabilities

The society has been restricting activities of people and forcing them (people) to believe in untrue events, things, and beliefs. For instance, hackers are treated as criminals yet they have just explored their superior capabilities, skills and knowledge (Mentor, 1986). Accordingly, the world appears to be existing and running under predetermined regulations and rules that are unfair to the ‘smart’ and more superior persons. That is, humans tend to live in a world where relevant authorities dictate what is right and wrong. Ironically, people who exercise what they learned in approved government schools are treated as criminals, suggesting that learning institutions prepare and develop criminals. Unfortunately, the governing bodies discourage the growth and development of knowledge and a better understanding of the world, circumstances, processes, and other things. Instead, governments use obsolete and irrelevant regulations as it strives to determine what constitutes a crime. Hence, governments should acknowledge and appreciate new developments and innovations rather than unwelcome them because they would unravel a new and better understanding of the world. Therefore, a shift from the previous perceptions of treating new developments as acts of criminals should be effected to allow the advancement of knowledge and development of the world.  

New and Improved Understanding of People’s Projects, Actions and Desires

Also, activist groups endeavor to present their issues, aims, and strategies in new and improved versions to attract better meanings. As the world advances, people tend to uncover more details and gain a better understanding of their environment, processes, and behaviors. For instance, a group of Black feminists provides a new and improved meaning of the types and nature of the oppression they are fighting against, as well as their role and goal (Collective, 1983). Although the feminist group has been in operation since 1974, it finds it necessary to offer a better and developed meaning of its objective and the oppressions facing the Black women through the Combahee River Collective Statement. Various aspects that could entail time and knowledge limitation could force humans to understand the world and existing issues in a particular manner. Even so, people would enhance their knowledge and skills through different ways that could entail scientific research studies, accidental discoveries, and interactions with other persons. As a result, humans could find that what was initially treated as the best understanding of a situation, thing, or person has significantly improved and acquired a better meaning. Accordingly, activist groups would become irrelevant if they embrace an inflexible strategy that does not allow frequent reviews and revisions of their operating styles as well as target goals and objectives. Therefore, people should continuously review and revisit their beliefs, operating strategies, and understanding of the world to remain relevant and effective since knowledge develops over time. 

Citizens’ New Demands from their Governments

People who have been oppressed and mistreated by their governments are demanding fairness, justice, and rights. Precisely, the oppressed are becoming less fearful in the fight for their rights and freedom. Such groups of individuals believe that the creator humans endowed each person with inalienable rights and freedoms. As a result, the Blacks have a right to land, clothing, and freedom because every human is equal before the creator of the universe and its occupants like other citizens (Party, 1966). Unfortunately, the government has been mistreating and oppressing the Blacks instead of protecting and caring for them. The government has been robbing the Blacks and forcefully recruiting them in the military service (Party, 1966). As such, a time has come for the Blacks and every other interested party to fight for the their (the Blacks’) rights and demand for changes in governance to ensure a fairer society where everyone is treated and valued equally despite their differences in aspects such as race, color, or ethnicity. Even so, the group of protestors is not interested in retaliatory activities for the oppressions but requires a society where each person has equal rights, freedoms, and fair treatment. Thus, governments should adjust the way they operate and treat their people to encourage fairness, equality, and equity. As citizens become more informed about oppression from their governments, they come out and demand necessary changes rather than remaining silent and persevering as usual. Therefore, society is undergoing some vital shift from the previous regime where certain groups of individuals were oppressed and denied essential services and freedoms to a better community of fairness, justice, and equality.

Abolish the Use of History and Stereotyping

Stereotyping and history are fierce weapons that hurt particular people in the community. That is, some individuals would be unfairly treated because of a previous incident that was unfavorable to them. As such, reference to such adverse events that facilitated undesired stereotypes and grouping of people should be abolished to encourage development of a better society. For example, history has negatively impacted on girls’ reputation by depicting them as inferior humans compared with their male counterparts (Hanna & Bikini, 1991). Since human is prone to errors and mistakes, it is unfair to rely on one or a few instances while making conclusive judgments. Specifically, such a limited number of occurrences could provide the wrong picture and information about a given group of individuals. For example, some incidents may present the positive e and desirable aspects of a person or group of people. At the same time, other instances provide the undesired elements of the same individual (s). Besides, history could deceive and mislead an individual on matters regarding decision making. Since humans tend to have varying perceptions, tastes, and opinions toward different things and circumstances, reliance on resources such as news articles and books could be deceiving because of the authors’ biases and stances. Unfortunately, an individual cannot prove history, especially in instances that occurred several centuries ago. Therefore, people should desist from the use of history while judging individuals or making other vital decisions. Instead, humans should embrace the use of current details to make sound decisions on specific subjects.   

Development of New and Alternative Knowledge and Understanding

Finally, it is high time that they develop new and better meanings for their actions, things, and other elements to promote the advancement of knowledge and better understanding of our environment. For instance, Hugo uses the term dada to elaborate and explain how one can improve their understandings and solve existing problems (Hugo, 1916). Accordingly, humans must embrace an open mind as they strive to advance their knowledge. An open-minded individual would probably learn new things, opinions, and ideas.

Consequently, humans would gain a better comprehension of their environment and actions by collecting, analyzing, and evaluating existing and new phenomena. As such, current and previous ideas, opinions, beliefs, perceptions, and understandings should not constrain people to behave and act in specific ways. Instead, humans should endeavor to develop their knowledge and skills by reviewing and modifying their knowledge and skills while promoting the development of new ones. Errors, mistakes, poor decisions and uncertainty could have shaped the current and previous understandings. Therefore, people should not always treat existing knowledge and information as the ultimate truth, instead, they should try and prove or improve them. As the world advances, new technologies and new knowledge emerge. Hence, the time has come when humans should not limit themselves to available knowledge and information, but endeavor to explore new ones. 

Conclusion

Overall, humans are undergoing lots of advancements with regards to how they understand the world and existing processes, people, things, and other aspects. Precisely, human knowledge tends to develop over time due to various developments that could entail technological advancement and scientific research studies. Accordingly, some activists have come out to provide a better understanding of their actions while engaging in more sincere, aggressive and sensitive fights for the rights and freedom of the oppressed as well as protection of the environment. Some protestors claim that their governments have been relying on unsuitable regulations and strategies while handling various issues that entail climate change. Besides, activists are more aggressive in fighting for the rights of certain individuals by claiming that the government is criminalizing their actions and superior capabilities. Similarly, some persons are demanding that their governments should compensate and treat them like other unoppressed citizens. Moreover, history and stereotyping are harmful tools that hurt certain groups of people. Thus, humans should always endeavor to learn new things while reviewing and revising existing knowledge to ensure that their understandings remain relevant. Therefore, people believe that a shift from the norm is inevitable for fairness in society and an improved understanding of the world, things, and human activities. 

References

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Hanna, K., & Bikini, K. (1991). Riot grrrl manifesto. Bikini Kill, 2, 16-23.

Hugo, B. (1916). Hugo Ball’s Dada manifesto, July 1916.

Mentor, T. (1986). The hackers manifesto. Retrieved October, 10, 2004.

Ocasio-Cortez, A. (2019). RESOLUTION Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal. Retrieved (02.08. 2019) from https://ocasio-cortez. house. gov/sites/ocasiocortez. house. gov/files/Resolution% 20on% 20a% 20Green% 20New% 20Deal. pdf.

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