Question 2- Is it better for a prince to be loved or to be feared?
Ever since we have been growing up there are always the two same parts if it’s from a television show, movie, or book. There is the character who loved, and there is the one who is feared. The question I am trying to ask is, which is better, to be loved or feared. Growing up as a kid everyone always seemed to cheer for the good guy, or in this case the loved one. But as we get older we find ourselves standing behind the people who are the feared ones. I believe in life there isn’t a right answer to this question. A prince who chooses to be loved would have a lot of power from his people. For example, President Jim Carter. President Carter was loved by many people in the U.S. By the people loving him, that gave him a lot of power for him being president. But there was also another opinion people had about President Carter and that was scared of his own shadow. When the people needed him to be strong for the U.S, he couldn’t connect for them. For him not being feared was a huge reason he didn’t last. Then you come to the opposite side of being loved and that is being feared. Being feared by people, you can gain great respect quick, and also gives you a lot of power. I believe being strong and showing toughness is a good value to have, but I think to much is also can but you in jeopardy. There a lot of people in this world that try to use power and being feared, but they all seem to fall. They always seem to take it over the edge, and get conceited. With all of this, I do not think I can give you a right answer. I come to think you have to play the middle of both of them. Why use one, when using two can make you that much stronger.
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Nicely written."Why use one, when using two can make you that much stronger" Excellent point,I agree both qualities in a leader can make you much more powereful.
Very interesting way of looking at these ideas! Your comparsion with love and fear is nicely related to the real world. I agree with you in saying that we have to play the middle of both, having both maybe even more deadly. I also agree with the fact that the ones that use power and being feared always take it over the edge.
It is well known that fear is only a short term motivator. If one intends to have a lasting influence, one had better develop a stronger set of leadership tools than fear.
This administration for example has waged war based solely on 9/11 fearmongering, and this administration will be remembered in the long run as one of the most corrupt, short sighted, ineffective administrations in the history of the democracy. And, for the very reason that they overplayed the "fear" card.
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