Kant suggest that the lack of enlightenment is the exact reason tutelage exist. People are too fearful to give reason to their thoughts therefore, it is rather easier to let someone “protect” them than to think for themselves. To have the courage to venture into uncharted territories is to be enlightened. The reason governments have so much authority over the general public is because the public is too afraid to become intellectuals which would mean to go out of the ordinary. To be enlightened is to be able to use human intelligence and reasoning to guide one to truth, change and progress. I strongly agree with his statement because, without questioning norms and traditions, there would be no progress. It is still relevant today as the political state of many places around the world only seem to deteriorate. The general public gives the ones in authority the power to suppress them by not becoming intellectuals and giving up their freedom to the hand of the authority. Freedom is the key aspect of being enlightened and often people think they have freedom when they actually don’t. Monarchies or governments are not the only one to be blamed for depriving the general public from education and suppressing them to obedience through manipulation. The people after all have the power to fight and when they pull up the courage to take action, they will see progress.