Question: I read an article that says the Italian thinker, writer, philosopher, and politician of the 15th century Machiavelli wrote:

If you are chosen as king, and the crown turns out to be big, then first it will fall on your eyes… And you will not see anything!

Then it will fall on your ears… And you won’t hear anything!

Then it will slide down to your lips… And you won’t be able to say anything!

In the end, it will fall on your neck… And it will become your collar, by which your own slaves will lead you to execution!

And you will see everything, you will hear everything, and you will be able to say everything…

But no one will listen to you anymore and you will have nothing to say!

Please tell us: The crown symbolizes power; what does it mean when it stays on your head and does not fall?

Answer: When it is on your head, it means it crowns you, that you are the king. It is the symbol of the head of the state.

Question: So you are the first person in the state. You are a parent, and so on. What does it mean when the crown gradually falls off, that it is too big? What is it regarding a leader? What happens to the authorities when they do not hear?

Answer: The leader sees nothing.

Question: Doesn’t he see anyway?

Answer: Look at these leaders.

Question: Can you tell us why this is so?

Answer: Power! It is all about the power.

Question: So when you treat it like, “It is all about me, this is my power”—is that the end?

Answer: That is the end. You are being gradually shut out from the whole world.

Question: So it turns out if the crown on my head does not fall, then do I not say: “I am the power, I am the king”?

Answer: The king must learn from everyone, he must understand that all wisdom is, in fact, among the people, among the masses. And those he selects and brings near him are not his close ones.

Question: So I won’t be able to learn anything from politicians or my close associates?

Answer: Correct.

Question: The quote says the crown goes through all the states, falls on the throat, becomes a collar, and you are led by your slaves to execution. And now you see everything, you can say everything, but no one hears you. What does it mean that slaves are taking you to execution?

Answer: That you stopped being an authority to them. Conversely, they see their future in your destruction.

Comment: That is, all these revolutions, coups, and so on is when the crown fell on the throat, and the slaves would lead one to execution. But this has happened in our history all along.

My Response: Sure.

Question: And slaves are the ones who always lead them to execution. Why is this happening? Do we never learn?

Answer: No, a person who reaches power stops hearing and listening, and is no longer capable of anything.

Question: How do you see the future politician keeping this crown?

Answer: I see a future politician surrounded by the smartest people! They are chosen as advisers only because of their special abilities. The king is elected by them and thus exists for the good of the country.

Question: Should there be fear, an awe in him: “If I …”?

Answer: There must be responsibility. He should constantly be in touch with them, constantly working with them.

Question: And when his “I” suddenly wakes up in him: “I am the leader, I am the king”? What should he do about it?

Answer: It is necessary to convince him that he must kill his “I” all the time.

Comment: You once said the leader of a state, say, a king, a tsar, should be a father to his people.

My Response: Yes.

Question: When you say this, what do you mean by it, other than what we understand?

Answer: He must care.

Question: Is that the main thing?

Answer: Yes, caring about everyone.

Question: Is such a level of empathy possible?

Answer: In general, yes.

Question: Do you see such leaders arising in the future?

Answer: I do not know. We are already on a different path. So that…perhaps through some obstacles…

Comment: Thorns.

My Response: Yes, we will break through.

Question: Will we break through?

Answer: We will.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 7/29/24

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