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Do you find them truly sincere towards him or are they driven by fear when they obey him ? Do we find a similarity in today’s political order ?
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Maharaja’s minions or obedient but unimportant followers were obviously his subordinates. They were supposed to do what the Maharaja wanted them to do. They could never dare to defy the Maharaja. I think the Diwan, the minister or others were not doing so because they were truly sincere towards him. On the other hand, they did so because they were driven by fear when they obey him. The astrologer also, despite knowing that his predictions were bound to be true, was afraid of the Maharaja. On many occasions the Diwan obeyed the Maharaja’s orders despite knowing that his demands were unreasonably unjustified.
The Diwan did not want that the land tax should be doubled, but he could not resist for fear of losing his job. The hunter killed the hundredth tiger when the Maharaja had missed the target. But he did not want to reveal this fact for fear of losing his job. Of course, we find a similarity of this in today’s political order. Today also the political leader’s subordinates or followers are also the yes men of them. They also dare not to defy them. They also prove to be blindly obedient or unimportant followers of the political leaders.