2006-10-01 17:59:18 · 9 answers · asked by big-brother 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Saffyre, I was hoping someone might pick that up. Great answer.
2006-10-01 18:16:28 · update #1
I was raised on and taught Machiavellian principles. So, to quote Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, "The answer is of course, that it would be best to be both loved and feared. But since the two rarely come together, anyone compelled to choose will find greater security in being feared than in being loved." And I must admit, this worked well for me in high school. By being feared (although those fears were unfounded), I wasn't bothered by others very much - which was the way I preferred it.
-Saffyre
2006-10-01 18:13:35 · answer #1 · answered by the_vampiress_saffyre 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It depends on which side of the fence your on. America does not try to be loved, thats too costly for Americans`s to stomach. The implementation of fear on the other hand, is an option it uses all too readily. Battering the world into submission with total abandon is not my idea of good foreign policy. America tries it`s damn hardest to ram it`s warped corporate orientated democaratic nightmare down the throats of countries that don`t agree with it`s policies. The normal method for doing this is beating the hell out of them with sanctions and warfare. And why? Because there is no-one to stop you. Totally and utterly despicable.
"you can make a throne from bayonets, but you can`t sit on it long" Boris Yeltrin.
No i`m not a communist, just a human being.
2006-10-01 19:24:28 · answer #2 · answered by dingdong 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's much better to be feared - for example, the only reason we put up with China's BS is because they have a humungous army. Same goes with the aggressions of North Korea. Otherwise, we could have kicked their asses during the Reagan era.
2006-10-01 18:05:51 · answer #3 · answered by Fun and Games 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES
It is easier to have people fear you than love you.
You can be the nicest nation in the world (like us) and help everyone and there will be nations that hate you anyway.
It is better that they fear us and leave us alone.
2006-10-01 18:04:52 · answer #4 · answered by E LIB o NATOR 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fear, and the willingness to impose it is another basic component of tyranny.
2006-10-01 18:10:09 · answer #5 · answered by notme 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are the baddest dog on the block the little dog goes away, if not you bite HARD.
2006-10-01 18:17:06 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you need to be feared and cant be loved, maybe you're wrong.
2006-10-01 18:10:06 · answer #7 · answered by icetender 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good question and in my opinion..... Feared
Ofcourse wed rather be loved but if I cant have both....
2006-10-01 18:09:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fear works.
2006-10-01 18:23:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋