Xenofact :jrbd: on Nostr: Another thing I noticed going through old Taoist writings is lessons to rulers that ...
Another thing I noticed going through old Taoist writings is lessons to rulers that are basically "don't fuck with people's lives." Like, you know, they work, they pay taxes, they join your army, leave 'em alone.
Some of that advice goes further in noting that you do this because you DON'T understand their lives, you DON'T get how things run, you WILL piss them off, and at some point you'll screw up so much you'll get overthrown, probably in a colorfully historical way.
Some of that advice goes further in noting that you do this because you DON'T understand their lives, you DON'T get how things run, you WILL piss them off, and at some point you'll screw up so much you'll get overthrown, probably in a colorfully historical way.