>do anything and everything to gain and keep power, nothing is off limits, in fact being underhanded and sabotaging everyone around you may be necessarywow...truly an intellectual titan. no wonder normies always reference him
>>25515314Maybe try reading the book and see how that goes for you.
>>25515314It was a letter that he made for an noble heir; it may sound pretty obvious to you now, because you live in a atheistic world, but at a time where religion was so important, to say that you have to do the exact opposite of what the bible teachs you is a powerful idea. Also gives a lot of pratical advice, like don't hire mercenaries and don't hide in forts.
>>25515314The Prince was controversial because that's not how monarchies operated at the time.It wasn't supposed to be an instruction manual.
Why are you such a attention whore OP?Do you really need everyone to know you are a faggot that badly that you need to do this?Can't you just suck dick in public or something instead?
>>25515314>inb4 someone says it's satireThe economic advices were the funniest. Always gets me rolling on the floor. Silly Niccolo
>>25515314Everything is circumstantial, action depends on what the situation is, dont use violence and underhandedness if its not necessary. Machiavelli is just Aristotle if he had been a Neo-Roman patriot.
>>25515367there is an entire ideology built upon seething resentment against the people with more power, even if they are virtuous.
>>25515314>no wonder normies always reference himNormies don't even know who he is. Machiavellianism =/= Niccolo Machiavelli
>>25515380Yes, we stabbed Julius. So what? He was a DICTATOR! Regardless of the fact that it was a common mode of administrating policy at the time it still was upsetting on the individual level so he had to die.
>>25515380>>25515410Retarded responses.
>>25515435>shits diaper>hehOkay. Thanks for blogging that for us.
