"The Prince" by Machiavelli - He advises the Prince how to keep control of the People

Gosh! That was awfully Machiavellian of him!

The principles of how to manage populations have not changed at all. The idea of keeping them afraid and in need so they rely on the govt is writ large in Orwells 1984 as well. America had an issue after the Soviet union and the Berlin Wall fell and chose to solve it by dividing the population against each other.😷