“If the state loses its grip over your mind, it loses the key to its very survival.”
～Lew Rockwell～
畏怖と恐怖は全くの別物です。
「威厳・寛容さ・ヒューマニティ」の３つを兼ね備え、自らを律しながら他人にポジティブな影響を与える人間が多いとその社会は自由闊達で生産性も高く、リーダー（為政者）も必然的に畏怖される存在となります。人々を拘束し得るものが「真の教養に裏打ちされた厳しさ（宇宙的な荘厳さ）」といったものになるからです。
「今だけカネだけ自分だけ」といった人間が多い社会は閉塞的で生産性も低く、リーダー（為政者）は必然的に人間的魅力も能力も低い（というより皆無の）人物が担うこととなり、内心互いに互いをバカにしている人々を恐怖で縛り上げることで何とか体制を維持させようとするのですが、所詮長続きはしません。
実力もなく、何の結果も残さない人間が地位や肩書にしがみついている社会や組織は当然そこに属する民（人々）の心を掴んではおらず、既に内部瓦解が進んでいて目に見える崩壊も間近ということになります。
“Awe” and “Fear” are two very different things.
When a society is full of people who combine dignity, generosity, and humanity, and who are self-disciplined and positively influence others, the society will be free and productive, and the leaders will inevitably be awe-inspiring. This is because what binds people together is a kind of “cosmic majesty” backed by true culture.
A society with many people who are only interested in “just now, just money, and just themselves” is stagnant and unproductive, and the leaders are inevitably people with little (or no) human attractiveness and ability, who try to maintain the system by binding people who inwardly mock each other with fear. But it won’t last.
A society or organization in which people with no ability and no results cling to positions and titles naturally does not attract the people who belong there. And this means that the internal collapse is already underway and a visible collapse is imminent.
Kenya IKUTSU