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minus-squareNateNate60@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoMachiavelli wrote about this. People don’t need to love you for your power to be secure, and in fact, it’s far preferable to be respected because people fear you than to be respected because people love you.
minus-squareetuomaalalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYeah, but Machiavelli lived in a rough neighbourhood, though.
Machiavelli wrote about this. People don’t need to love you for your power to be secure, and in fact, it’s far preferable to be respected because people fear you than to be respected because people love you.
Yeah, but Machiavelli lived in a rough neighbourhood, though.