The Concise Laws of Power

The feeling of having no power over people and events is generally unbearable to us when we feel helpless we feel miserable no one wants less power everyone wants more in the world today however it is dangerous to seem to power Hungry to be overt to your powers we have to seem fair and decent so we need subtle congenial yet cunning Democrat yet devious this game of constant duplicity most resembles the power dynamic that existed in the scheming world of the old aristocratic Court. Throughout history a court has always found itself around the person in power king who in a row leader the courtyards who filled the scores were in an especially delicate position they had to sell their Masters but if they seemed to phone if the Kool-Aid flavour to obviously the other cultures around them will notice and will act against them attempts to win the Masters favour then have to be sub to an even skilled courteous capable of such sup2t still out to protect themselves from their fellow councillors who are tall women's were scheming to push them aside by the court or supposed to represent the height of civilization and refinement violent or overt power moves were frowned upon what is woodwork silent e and secret secretly against any among them who used for this was the courthouse the dilemma while applying the very Paragon of Elegance they had to admit and towards their own opponent in the simplest of ways the successful courtyard learnt over time to make all of his most indirect if he started an opponent in the back it wasn't a very wet glove on his hand and the sweetest of smiles on his face instead of using question or outright thresheree the perfect cut hair got his way through seduction.com deception and substance strategy always planning several months ahead life in the court was a never-ending game that required constant vigilance and tactical thinking it was civilized war today we face a peculiarly similar paradox to that of the courtier Everything must appear civilised