why do people fear LOVE ?

and why do they use fear to try to get love ?

Machiavellianism

the view that politics is inherently amoral and that any means, however unscrupulous, can justifiably be used in achieving political power

origins:
In 1513, Niccolò Machiavelli wrote Il Principe ("The Prince") to advise and impress the new Florentine ruler, Prince Lorenzo de' Medici.

The book's instructions on obtaining and wielding power – e.g., "It is better to be feared than loved" – suggest the cynicism that gave its author a place in the language.


is this really good advice ? I should not have abandoned Galileo's path, the world is indeed larger than it appeared to me


Adieu,
Lo'renzo ,House of Medici

Lorenzo wrote:

and why do they use fear to try to get love ?

Machiavellianism

the view that politics is inherently amoral and that any means, however unscrupulous, can justifiably be used in achieving political power

origins:
In 1513, Niccolò Machiavelli wrote Il Principe ("The Prince") to advise and impress the new Florentine ruler, Prince Lorenzo de' Medici.

The book's instructions on obtaining and wielding power – e.g., "It is better to be feared than loved" – suggest the cynicism that gave its author a place in the language.


is this really good advice ? I should not have abandoned Galileo's path, the world is indeed larger than it appeared to me


Adieu,
Lo'renzo ,House of Medici

Depends, maybe. What are you doing? Leading a country? Then yes, it is absolutely true.

Madison wrote:

LINK ___
Machiavelli Personality Test

MACH-IV (Test of Machiavellianism)



"This survey itself measures only one thing -- whether you subscribe to the ideas of a
16th century Italian political philosopher. But experiments have shown that reactions to
Machiavelli act as a kind of litmus test, delineating differences in temperament that can
be confirmed with more traditional personality inventories.

High Machs constitute a distinct type:
charming, confident and glib, but also arrogant, calculating and cynical, prone to manipulate and exploit.

True low Machs, however, can be kind of dependent, submissive and socially inept. "

cool test. I got a high mach

Low Mach

Low Mach - score of 58