So the essence of religion is fear, which, as we shall see, is the most economical and reliable form of ideology. But at the same time religion is the most necessary support because, when it comes to fear, fear of the gods has the immense advantage over fear of the Prince that it is constant, not exposed to the vicissitudes of the political existence of an individual who might not only die, but also commit blunders.
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Louis Althusser - Machiavelli and Us (via therelentlessprocessionoftime)
..but then, there is also Le Petit Prince. who’d fear him? :)
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