I meant the saying, though. Machiavelli was wrong, one could suppose. With fear, there is rebellion. Opression When a leader is loved, however, the subjects may be complacent and peaceful. I read the strip before, having searched up the saying because it struck me as odd. Also.. At first, Winston Smith seemed like a good character, for me. He still is, but now I think I'm finding more similarities between Bernard Marx and Winston rather than John "Savage". I fear Winston shall come to a horrible end. Perhaps not death or vaporization, but something much more terrible to become accepting, tolerant, even supportive of his society, the one which he so vehemently refused Possibly something similar to the fate of Bernard Marx himself but much more serious and probably painful.