Well, if you have nothing else to offer, one way or another you have to find loyal fools with a helper syndrome. After all, you're are not a patriarch, as was

Well, if you have nothing else to offer, one way or another you have to find loyal fools with a helper syndrome. After all, you're are not a patriarch, as was common for thousands of years, who could just tell his family what to do or not to do, and they obeyed without question. Or even sell your own children into slavery. This manipulative stuff is a bit disgusting and annoying, but it pays. At least it is a sneaky method to filter your prefered type of underling, but still look like a grand soul. So, a double win. Of course if you're into family fetish with a bit of sadistic gaslighting, it is even a triple win. A lot of people even like it that way. So it's a win-win, isn' it?