光是正確還不夠

????這就是內德?斯塔克規(guī)則,。榮譽,、寬容和公平不會保護你免受對手傷害。雖然內德在第一季中是最受歡迎的人物之一，但他作為羅伯特?拜拉席恩的御前首相卻是一個巨大的失敗,。他太專注于機構合法性,。他期待其他人將自己的利益放在一邊，遵照先例,。結果,，他死了，他的家人也幾乎被趕盡殺絕,。正如史坦尼斯?拜拉席恩認識到的那樣,，如果缺乏必要的資源提供支持，“正確”就什么也不是,。

????但光憑武力也不夠,。喬弗里國王坐在鐵王座上有能力實施自己的統(tǒng)治，但他作為領導人的合法性受到質疑,。部分原因在于,，他的父母親不明，但更近一步的原因則是因為他是一個白癡暴君,，公開鄙視國民,。所以，喬弗里和他的國家被饑餓的暴民推翻正是因果報應,。

????寶劍鋒芒固然能讓一些人恭順,，但一位領導人必須建立為大多數(shù)人利益服務的形象。這就是為什么藍禮?拜拉席恩會受到歡迎,，為什么像丹妮莉絲這樣的公仆領導最后能登上權力巔峰,。如果權力的運用謹慎、有節(jié)制,，權力能增強其合法性,；如果權力不受約束，就會導致傾覆,。如何平衡權力是贏得權力游戲的真正秘訣,，不管是在維斯特洛，還是其他地方,。（財富中文網）

????譯者：楊智

Being right is not enough

????This is the Ned Stark Rule. Honor, mercy, and fairness will not protect you against your rivals. Though one of the most popular characters in season one, Ned was a colossal failure as King's Hand to Robert Baratheon. He was too focused on institutional legitimacy. He expected others to put aside their interests and respect precedent. As a result, he ended up dead, with his family endangered. As Stannis Baratheon learns, being "right" means nothing when you lack the resources to back it up.

????Yet muscle isn't enough either. While King Joffrey sits on the Iron Throne and has the manpower to enforce his rule, his legitimacy as a leader is in question. This is partly due to doubts about his parentage, but the proximate cause is that he's a despotic twit who openly despises his people. When Joffrey & Co. are nearly torn apart by a starving mob, that's karma knocking on the door.

????While a sword may be necessary to force some into line, a leader must be perceived as serving the interests of the majority. That's why Renly Baratheon appealed, and why a servant-leader, like Daenarys, may come out on top. When used in a conservative, thoughtful manner, power enhances legitimacy; when unconstrained, power undermines. Striking that balance is the real secret to winning the game of thrones, in Westeros and elsewhere.