I want to follow someone because I genuinely trust and care about them, not because I'm afraid of what happens if I don't -- fear might get short-term compliance, but it's not the kind of loyalty I'd ever want to build anything real on.
Machiavelli's own reasoning in The Prince, still studied in leadership programs today, argued fear is more reliable than love specifically because love depends on others' goodwill, which can change, while fear of consequence remains a more consistent lever a leader directly controls -- a cynical but historically influential piece of political theory.
Should individual liberty always come before the collective good?
Is caste-based reservation system still necessary in modern India?
