Machiavelli wrote about this. People don’t need to love you for your power to be secure, and in fact, it’s far preferable to be respected because people fear you than to be respected because people love you.

I’ve heard it said before that most of China’s geopolitical strategies can be explained with two statements:

1. War is bad for business.
2. China is big on business.

For those who don’t know, a “goon cave” is “an area or room dedicated to long masturbation sessions”, or “gooning”