Something from the Tao Te Ching about rulers applies to today very well.

[Sapere aude]

17. Rulers
The best rulers are scarcely known by their subjects;
The next best are loved and praised;
The next are feared;
The next despised:
They have no faith in their people,
And their people become unfaithful to them.

When the best rulers achieve their purpose
Their subjects claim the achievement as their own.

[Virginia Dare]

1. I dare you to post that on FR...n/t

[calimary]

2. Always good things to be found in the Tao.

:thumbsup:

[sam sarrha]

3. around 72... why do the people sacrafice their lives so easly, because the rulers make life so hard

[soothsayer]

4. I love Stephen Mitchell's translations;

When the Master governs, the people
are hardly aware that he exists.
Next best is a leader who is loved
Next, one who is feared.

If you don't trust the people,
you make them untrustworthy.

The Master doesn't talk, he acts.
When his work is done,
the people say, "Amazing:
we did it, all by ourselves!"

[hootinholler]

5. I thought the best rulers had even marks!

Thanks for that enlightening post, tres frigide.

-Hoot

[truedelphi]

6. Thanks for the refreshing moment spent here n/t