LEARN TO KEEP PEOPLE DEPENDENT ON YOU

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^DGMI:‘.NT

To maintain your

independence

^you ^must

^always

^be

needed andwanted. Themoreyou^are^relied^on, ^the^more

fieedom

you have. Make

people depend

^onyou

for

^their

happiness

^and

jimspenly

^and^you ^have

nothing tofear.

Neverteachthem

enough

^so^that

they

^can^do^withoutyau.

TRANSGRESSION OFTHE LAW

Sometime in the Middle

Ages,

^a mercenary soldier

(a condottiere),

^whose

name hasnot been

recorded,

^{saved the} ^town^of^{Siena from}^a

foreign

ag~

gressor. ^Howcould the

good

citizens ofSiena rewardhim? Noamountof money^or^honor could

possibly

compareⁱⁿvaluetothe

preservation

^of^a

city’s liberty.

^The ^citizens

thought

^of

making

the mercenary the lord of the

city,

^but^even

that, they ^decided,

wasn’t recompense

enough.

^{At last}^one^of

them stood before the

assembly

^called^todebate thismatterand

said,

^“Let

uskill him andthen

worship

^him^{as our}

patron

^saint.”^And^so

they

^did.

The Countof

Carmagnola

^{was one}^of^thebravest andmostsuccessful of all the condottieri.In

1442,

^lateⁱⁿ^his

life,

^he^wasⁱⁿ^the

employ

^of^the

city

Venice,

which wasinthe midst ofa

long

^war^with^Florence. ^The^count

was

suddenly

^recalled^toVenice. A favorite ofthe

people,

^he^was^received

therewith allkinds ofhonor and

splendor.

^That

evening

^he ^was ^to ^dine

with the

doge himself,

ⁱⁿ ^the

doge’s palace.

On the way^into the

palace, however,

he noticed that the

guard

^was

leading

^himⁱⁿ^adifferent direction from usual.

Crossing

^{the famous}

Bridge

^of

Sighs,

^he

suddenly

^realized

where

they

^were

taking

^{him—to the}

dungeon.

^He ^was ^convicted ^on ^a

trurnped~up charge

^{and the} ^next

day

ⁱⁿ^{the Piazza} ^San ^Marco, ^before ^a

horrified crowd who could not understand how hisfate had

changed

drastically,

^he^was^beheaded. ^'

interpretation

Many

^of^thegreattomlottieri ofRenaissance

Italy

suffered thesamefateas

thepatron ^saintof Siena and the Count of

Carrnagnolaz They

^won^battle

after battle fortheir

employers only

^to find themselves

banished, impris- oned,

^orexecuted. The

problem

^was^not

ingratitude;

^it^was^{that there}^were

somany other candottieri^as able and valiantas

they

^were.

They

^{were re-}

placeable. Nothing

^was^lost

by killing

^them.

^Meanwhile,

the older among themhad_grown

powerful themselves,

^{and wanted}^more^and^moremoney for theirservices.How much

better, then,

^todo away with them and hire^a younger,

cheaper

mercenary. That ^was the fate of the Count of Carma-

gnola,

^{who had}^started^to^act

impudently

^and

independently.

^He^had^taken

hispower^for

granted

^without

making

^sure^that^he^was

truly indispensable.

Suchis the fate

(to

^a ^less^violent

degree,

^one

hopes)

of those who do notmake others

dependent

^onthem. Sooner^orlatersomeone comes

along

who^cando the

job

^as^well^as

they

can-—someoneyounger,

fresher,

^less^ex-

pensive,

^less

threatening.

Bethe

only

^one^who^can^dowhat you

do,

^and^make^thefate of thosewho hireyou ^so ^entwinedwith yours^that

they

^cannot

possibly

getrid of you.

Otherwise_youwill

someday

^{be forced}^to^crossyour^own

Bridge

^of

Sighs.

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deputy

ⁱⁿ the Prussian

parliament

ⁱⁿ

1847,

^he ^was

thirty~two

years old and without^an

ally

^or^friend.

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around

him,

^he ^decided^that^{the side}^to

ally

himself withwasnot

the

par liament’s liberals ^or

conservatives,

^not any

particular

^minister, ^and ^cer-

tainly

^not^the

people.

^It^was^{with the}

king,

Frederick William IV. Thiswas anodd choicetosay^the

least,

for Frederickwasatalow

point

^of^{his power.}

weak,

^indecisive man, he

consistently

gave ⁱⁿ ^to theliberals in

pa1:lia~

merit;ⁱⁿfact hewas

spineless,

^{and stood}^formuch that Bismarck

disliked, personally

^and

politically.

^Yet Bismarck courted Frederick

night

^and

day.

When other

deputies

attacked the

king

for his many

inept

^moves,

only

^Bis-

marck stood

by

^him.

Finally,

^{it all}

paid

off: In 1851 Bismarck was made ^aminister in the

king’s

cabinet. Nowhewenttowork. Timeand

again

^{he forced}^the

king’s hand, getting

^him^tobuild up the

military,

^to^standup^tothe

liberals,

^to^do

exactly

^as^Bismarckwished. He worked^onFrederick’s

insecurity

^about^his

manliness, challenging

^him ^to ^{be firm} ^and ^to ^{rule with}

pride.

^{And he}

slowly

restored the

king’s

powers until the

monarchy

^{was once}

again

^the

most

powerful

^forceⁱⁿ^Prussia.

When Frederick

died,

ⁱⁿ

1861,

his brother William assumed the throne. William disliked Bismarck

intensely

^{and had}^no^intention^of

keep ing

him around.But healso inherited the^samesituationhis

brother

had:

enemies

galore,

^{who wanted}^tonibble his poweraway.He

actually

^consid-

ered

abdicating, feeling

he lacked the

strength

^todeal with this

dangerous

and

precarious position.

But Bismarck insinuatedhimselfonce

again.

^He stood

by

^the^new

king,

gavehim

strength,

^and

urged

^him^into^{firm and}^de

cisive action.The

king

grew

dependent

^on^Bismarck’s

strong-arm

^{tactics to}

keep

^his^enemies^at

bay,

^and

despite

^his

antipathy

^{toward the}^man,^he^soon

made him his

prime

^minister. ^The ^two

quarreled

^often ^over

policy———

Bismarckwasmuchmoreconservative——butthe

king

^understood^his^own

dependency.

Whenever the

prime

^minister^threatened^to

resign,

^the

king

gave^{in to}

him,

^{time after}^{time. It}^wasⁱⁿ^factBismarck whosetstate

policy.

Years

later,

^Bismarck’s ^actions^as^Pn1ssia’s

prime

^minister^{led the}^vari

ous Germanstates tobe unitedinto onecountry. ^Now^Bismarck

finagled

the

king

^into

letting

himself be crowned emperor of

Germany.

^Yet^it ^was

really

Bismarck who had reachedthe

heights

^ofpower.^As

rigl1t—hand

^man

tothe emperor, and^as

imperial

^chancellor^zmd

knighted prince,

^he

pulled

all the levers.

lnterpretalion

Most young and ambitious

politicians looking

^out^on^the

political landscape

of 18405

Germany

would have tried ^tobuild apower base among those with themostpower. Bismarck^sawdifferent.

Joining

forces with the powerful canbe foolish:

They

will swallow youup,

just

^as ^the

(loge

^{of Venice}

swallowed up the Count of

Carmagnola.

^No^one^will^come ^to

depend

^on

you if

they

^are

already strong.

^Ifyou^are

ambitious,

^{it is}muchwisertoseek

outweakrulersormasterswith whom you^can^create^a

relationship

^{of do}

pendency.

You become their

strength,

^their

intelligence,

^their

spine.

^What power you hold! If

they got

rid of you the whole edifice would

collapse.

Necessity

rules the world.

People rarely

^act^unless

compelled

^to.^Ifyou createnoneedfor

yourself,

^thenyou will be doneaway with^atfirst_oppor-

tunity. If,

^on^{the other}

hand,

you understand^theLaws of Power and make others

depend

^on you^fortheirwelfare,_{if you}^can ^counteracttheir weak»

nesswith your^own “iron and

blood,”

ⁱⁿ Bisrn-arck’s

phrase,

^thenyou will survive your ^masters ^as Bismarck did, You will have all the benefits of power without the thorns that^comefrom

being

^a^master.

Thusawiseprince^will^thinkofways^to

keep

his citizens

of

^every^sort

and undereverycircumstance

dependent

ôn^the^stateândônhim;

and than

they

^will

always

^be

trustworthy.

Nitculéll/l(tt'hi(tzIellz'., ¹^{469-152 7}

KEYS TO POWER

The ultimate power^isthe_powerto

get people

^to^do^asyou wish. Whenyou

can do thiswithout

having

^to ^force

people

^or^hurt

^them,

^when

they

^will»

ingly

grantyou whatyou

desire,

^thenyourpower^isuntouchable. The best way^toachieve this

position

^is^{to create}^a.

relationship

^of

dependence.

^The

master

requires

your services; ^he îs weak, ôrûnable ^to ^function^without you; you^have enmeshed

yourself

ⁱⁿ^his ^work^so

deeply

^that

doing

away with you^would

bring

^him

great difficulty,

^or^at^least^would^mean^valuable

timelostin

training

^another^to

replace

you. Once such^a

relationship

^is^es-

tablished_{you have}the upper

hand,

^the

leverage

^to ^{make the}^master^do^as

you wish. ^{It is}the classiccaseof themanbehind the

throne,

^the^servant^of the

king

^who

actually

controls the

king.

^Bismarck^did^not^have^to

bully

^ei-

therFrederickorWilliaminto

doing

^his

bidding.

^He

simply

^made^it^clear

that unless hegot^whathe wanted he would walk away,

leaving

^the

king

^to

twist inthe wind.Both

kings

^soon^danced^to^Bismarck’s^tune.

Do notbeoneofthe many who

mistakenly

believe that the ultimate form of power ^is

independence.

Power involves a

relationship

^between

people;

you will

always

need othersas

allies,

pawns,^{or even as}weakmas

terswhoserveasyour front. The

completely independent

^man^{would live}

inacabininthe woods«—~he wouldhave thefreedomtocomeandgo^as^he

pleased,

but he would haveno power.^{The best}you ^can

hope

^for ^is^that

others_{will grow}so

dependent

^onyou^thatyou

enjoy

^a^{kind of}^reverse^in-

dependence:

Their need for you frees you.

Dalam dokumen The+48+Laws+Of+Power (Halaman 105-108)

LEARN TO KEEP PEOPLE DEPENDENT ON YOU

_]U

independence

always

fieedom

people depend

for

happiness

jimspenly

nothing tofear.

enough

they

Ages,

(a condottiere),

recorded,

foreign

good

possibly

preservation

city’s liberty.

thought

making

city,

that, they decided,

enough.

assembly

said,

worship

patron

they

Carmagnola

1442,

life,

employ

city

Venice,

long

suddenly

people,

splendor.

evening

doge himself,

doge’s palace.

palace, however,

guard

leading

Crossing

Bridge

Sighs,

suddenly

they

taking

dungeon.

trurnped~up charge

day

changed

drastically,

interpretation

Many

Italy

Carrnagnolaz They

employers only

banished, impris- oned,

problem

ingratitude;

they

They

placeable. Nothing

by killing

Meanwhile,

powerful themselves,

better, then,

cheaper

gnola,

impudently

independently.

granted

making

truly indispensable.

(to

^always

that, they ^decided,

^Meanwhile,