One form of evil is to worship not out of faith but out of anger at the thought of giving respect. It is to use the humility of faith as a weapon of arrogance.
A 'good' king stops the inflow of power when it is beyond his abilities to control. A 'bad' king wants more and more, convinced he is handling it rather than fucking up.
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Anytime you intervene in any situation you're saying you can do better than god. That you can do better than what nature/reality is doing. It means claiming that you understand the simulation and explain its rules and games.
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Most of us can't even console a crying child correctly. We realize that we don't actually understand anger, fear, sadness, happiness.
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If we can't demonstrate magical powers and dispel it when we claim existence of a matrix then you have to play Morpheus. You have to to tell them that they are the "One".
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That's the real secret to kingship I think. Being a king is about being respectful and deferential to the people who believe in you. Most of us get caught up thinking being disrespectful to the people who don't believe in us is the same thing.
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