The Weak Man on the Precipice

The weak are the easiest to manoeuvre by controlling their options. Use fear and terror to propel them into action. Judgment the truth is often avoided because it is ugly and unpleasant. Never appeal to truth and reality unless you are prepared for the anger that comes from disenchantment. When ivan left moscow for his rural village, the citizens asking him to return agreed to his demand for absolute power over the years to come. They resented him less for the terror he unleashed on the country, because they had granted him his power themselves.