Fascinating analysis, corboy - thanks for bringing that to the board! Here is an example that illustrates the following points:
- None of the twenty were able to enjoy intimate relationships with adult equals. They needed to be top dog in relation to admiring underlings.
- The ability to both charm and fear
- Instill just enough fear that people will be afraid to leave or inform on you.
From Polly Toynbee's account of meeting with Daisaku Ikeda: "The Value of a Grandfather Figure"
> Our host's style of conversation was imperious and alarming -- he led and others followed. Any unexpected or unconventional remark was greeted with a stern fixed look in the eye, incomprehension, and a warning frostiness.
> Worldly he seemed, down to the tip of his hand-made shoes, earthy almost, without a whiff of even artificial spirituality. Asked to hazard a guess at his occupation, few would have selected him as a religious figure. I have met many powerful men -- prime ministers, leaders of all kinds -- but I have never in my life met anyone who exuded such an aura of absolute power as Mr Ikeda. He seems like a man who for many years has had his every whim gratified, his every order obeyed, a man protected from contradiction or conflict. I am not easily frightened, but something in him struck a chill down the spine.
> An icy look passed across Mr Ikeda's ample features. He looked as if he might summon a squad of husky samurai to haul us away.
- None of the twenty were able to enjoy intimate relationships with adult equals. They needed to be top dog in relation to admiring underlings.
- The ability to both charm and fear
- Instill just enough fear that people will be afraid to leave or inform on you.
From Polly Toynbee's account of meeting with Daisaku Ikeda: "The Value of a Grandfather Figure"
> Our host's style of conversation was imperious and alarming -- he led and others followed. Any unexpected or unconventional remark was greeted with a stern fixed look in the eye, incomprehension, and a warning frostiness.
> Worldly he seemed, down to the tip of his hand-made shoes, earthy almost, without a whiff of even artificial spirituality. Asked to hazard a guess at his occupation, few would have selected him as a religious figure. I have met many powerful men -- prime ministers, leaders of all kinds -- but I have never in my life met anyone who exuded such an aura of absolute power as Mr Ikeda. He seems like a man who for many years has had his every whim gratified, his every order obeyed, a man protected from contradiction or conflict. I am not easily frightened, but something in him struck a chill down the spine.
> An icy look passed across Mr Ikeda's ample features. He looked as if he might summon a squad of husky samurai to haul us away.