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minus-squareMNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoExactly. Machiavellian doesn’t mean galaxy brain.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 days agoUnscrupulous is only one of the definitions. Cunning and scheming are the other two. The Prince detailed how to gain and hold power. It wasn’t a book that said immediately shoot everyone to solve all your problems. So the original author was expecting violence Godfather 2 but with more planning.
minus-squarenesc@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoYou gain and hold power by killing people you don’t like, look at any dictator that ever dictatored. 🙃
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoAgain, yes you kill people. You don’t just kill everyone immediately without a plan. Even Pol Pot had a plan.
Exactly. Machiavellian doesn’t mean galaxy brain.
Unscrupulous is only one of the definitions.
Cunning and scheming are the other two. The Prince detailed how to gain and hold power.
It wasn’t a book that said immediately shoot everyone to solve all your problems.
So the original author was expecting violence Godfather 2 but with more planning.
You gain and hold power by killing people you don’t like, look at any dictator that ever dictatored. 🙃
Again, yes you kill people. You don’t just kill everyone immediately without a plan. Even Pol Pot had a plan.