The Prince is basically the same. It's basically just "please just fuck with other nobles, and when you lock them up and steal their shit go and give it to the public or something, and don't fuck with the common people" and "it's ok that you're a huge dumbass, just please hire someone who's not and then let them do all the real work while you go camping and play soldier in the woods, also pack a lunch."

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 65 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Machiavelli gets such a bad rap as an evil man, and I really think it's just people who don't understand politics balking at how cruel and nasty politics is.

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago

Let's be fair, Machiavelli was a total edgelord about in some aspects of the text.

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