Machiavelli's Dark but HONEST Advice to GOOD People: The Art of POWER

[@PhiloNauticaa]

Hello, viewers! I want to clarify something here. The phrase "the end justifies the means" does not actually appear in the works of Niccolò Machiavelli, nor did he ever say it directly. It’s a paraphrase of his ideas. I would highly recommend you all to watch the entire video to understand why this statement is often associated with him. Thank You!

[@DeziliGuano]

Jesus is heavenly machilivi is Earthly .Genesis 34 Now Diʹnah, Jacob’s daughter by Leʹah,+ used to go out to spend time with* the young women of the land.+ 2

[@Micscience]

Didn't Machiavelli copy some of his ideas or was influenced by an Arab?

[@DeziliGuano]

@@Micscience Jesus is in heaven.

[@DeziliGuano]

@@Micscience Jesus is second to Jehovah in wisdom. 2 When Sheʹchem, the son of Haʹmor the Hiʹvite,+ a chieftain of the land, saw her, he took her and lay down with her and violated her. 3

[@AwakenedOne-qu]

Had to read the prince in college, it went against every Christian value, 50 years later, I completely agree with the Prince

[@GH-xy4zz]

A college professor had a great quote for my class. Leadership is inspired by God, plays for power is inspired for the Devil. Learn the ways of both.

[@sertocd]

religion is a power structure. You are duped.

[@GH-xy4zz]

@@sertocd It's a metaphor to explain the concept

[@jayscott5618]

Well said.

[@streetstroller]

​@GH-xy4zz A metaphor? You sure?

[@thepainphantom]

Jesus himself said that you need to become a dove and a snake in this world. I'm not even religious. So yeah, I don't agree with Machiavelli, there's more side to humanity than AI brain rot.

[@homescholed]

10:45 Christ actually has a similar message to this in Matthew 10:16b “be wise as serpents and innocent as doves”

[@freeman37]

That is not the same thing.

[@glennwidelko]

No … that is not the same thing … not even close … 🙏🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@HiddenLibraryworld-j2r]

You're absolutely right! In Matthew 10:16b, Jesus advises his followers to "be wise as serpents and innocent as doves." This is a powerful piece of wisdom, urging believers to strike a balance between shrewdness and purity. The phrase suggests that while we should navigate the world with wisdom and discernment (like serpents), we should also maintain a spirit of innocence, gentleness, and purity

[@EdwardDarked]

This might be the best example of why is FAR Better to know than being an ignorant of your surroundings. Doesn't matter if you agree or disagree, History always tells a pillar for humanity: "I will rather have control than be controlled".

[@PhiloNauticaa]

There should always be a line drawn for humanity and morals. I can give you examples of rulers who were just, kind, and never crossed the limits for power and most importantly, no one dared to control them in their era.

[@dreddy_g]

Use this knowledge as a shield, not as a sword.

[@PhiloNauticaa]

Well said!

[@V3NOMXIII]

I love this. Bravo.

[@sertocd]

..and let others to attack you instead of the other way around.😂

[@beefy1728]

Yes but "incoming fire has the right of way". 😂😂😂

[@noahlapuz3853]

This comment deserves its own Netflix series.

[@livondiramerian6999]

Real power is within every human being, it doesn't have to do anything with aggressive power that destroys human beings and environment.

[@Yatukih_001]

I had no idea about this in my twenties or early thirties, but you explain this brilliantly!

[@zionda-z6h]

BETTER TO BE A WARRIOR IN A GARDEN..THAN A GARDENER IN A WAR🤫💯

[@RockStock6]

"The more you accept that the world is flawed, the more you can make it a better place" Macheavelli summed up

[@Jontheinternet]

Game theory shows that you cannot win a game against someone who cheats. And so if the good guy never cheat cheats and the bad guy does, the bad guy wins.

[@PhiloNauticaa]

I'm just saying, draw a line on morality. That's it!

[@victoryan4008]

That falls apart when you consider the game is played repeatedly and reputation is involved. After you cheat a couple of times, no one wants to play with you anymore.

[@Micscience]

Well it depends on the game you are playing. There are small games and there are big games one game for example is the game of life. If you cheat your way to success the cheat won't enjoy his success like the man who didn't cheat imo.

[@TheRedkid20]

Repetitive cheaters often get caught and after that you're very likely to not be in the game anymore. So you have to weigh risks and benefits both long and short term

[@TravisKastl-ui9mk]

@@PhiloNauticaa that’s Machiavellis whole point though! If you are bogged down by morality you will lose to the person who isn’t. There is a reason why people in power are largely amoral. “Good” people almost never succeed and the few that do have short lived success. Morality and good intentions cripple the ability to think critically because morality and good intentions operate based off emotions over logic.

[@ElkoJohn]

he tells it like it is not the way it should be

[@lrp1999]

That's what people have a hard time to understand.

[@viadharmawheel]

Like what is happening in Palestine now.

[@rocksparadox]

@@viadharmawheel That's M0h4mmedan karma for centuries of raping, stealing and murdering.

[@wille7319]

"If people throw stones at you, throw bread instead - with a grenade inside of course." That is literally one of the best quotes I have ever heard. It's wild that you found this from a random person online. I'm going to remember that one for sure

[@Yatukih_001]

The reality is, power is for good guys. The reason for why is, because they are called gentlemen. Machiavelli lived in a world which denied him the right to say this. If you think about it, the best and most noble rulers have all been altruists. This is because once you put an altruist in charge its usually guaranteed that the money goes where its supposed to go. There are cases where an altruist spends his or her money so unwisely, it never ends in the right pockets. What´s best for bad guys, is servitude. Being wise, clever and resourceful, the future belongs to those who know how to wield power, and not only how to abuse it.

[@PhiloNauticaa]

AGREED 💯

[@EnlightenedCapricorn]

Well said sir

[@Yatukih_001]

@@EnlightenedCapricorn Hey thanks.

[@SOUNYAK-x1m]

💪

[@WesleyDawes-yo7dv]

like in the movie gladiator, the emperor wanted to hand over his power to maximus because maximus didn't want power over other people. commodus craved power and wanted to rule that is why he shouldn't of allowed to have ruled.

[@adonaiel-rohi2460]

Niccolo is a realist. This is how to adapt to reality.

[@BoreasCastel]

He was born to good fortune during a time when very few people were and through his realist cunning he really got tied up and dropped multiple times to dislocate his shoulders, banned from the place he loved, briefly imprisoned under horrible conditions, and died in filth and poverty. He sure adapted well to reality. Oh wait. You didn't actually know what you were writing about. My bad. Took you seriously for a moment there.

[@adonaiel-rohi2460]

@ you interpret his tragic life as disproving his observations about power. There is no correlation. Nice try. 😂 the observations still stand as accurate.

[@BoreasCastel]

@@adonaiel-rohi2460 If there is no correlation between his advice and his outcomes then the advice is worthless.

[@adonaiel-rohi2460]

@@BoreasCastel that’s a red herring. Disprove his observations. How is any of it not realistic? You are merely distracting from the observations onto his life so you don’t have to think about their accuracy.

[@Icanchange-y3w]

People, in time will mess up and so starts all over .

[@QuinnBoone]

We're all assuming money and power are the principle things. To someone with this mindset, and thats most of the world, you do what the world does to get what the world has. The most dangerous man in the world is one whos not afraid to die and or lose everything he has.....

[@ncedwards1234]

The truth will eventually come out. Begin in truth and you will find strength that abounds without subsiding, even after your bodily death. Begin in lies and your sandy foundation dissolves as soon as a single wave slips past your defenses, which it always eventually does. Similarly, ask what it is you seek, for there ain't no rest for the wicked.

[@KissseanSkeete]

Jesus is my strength. I will not lose my soul to gain the world

[@HateIncorporated]

The problem is when you refuse to cover your ass for fear of loosing your soul...cowards are worse than criminals

[@KissseanSkeete]

@@HateIncorporated The giant in front of you is never bigger than the God inside of you. 1 John 4:4 I fear none

[@HateIncorporated]

@@KissseanSkeete As it should be...

[@JustReed]

One can't lose one's spirit. One can't even sacrifice it away. Weak individuals are easily swayed and convinced by religious con men through fear. Reincarnation will work this weakness out of everyone.

[@JohnDoe-pd4jo]

Nah f that. A word is enough for the wise. Good people also need power in order to stand ip to bad people.. it doesn’t matter what you stand for if you don’t have the strength to protect. As a good person I learned that blindly being kind to everyone is one way to ensure your doom

[@marcoaerlic2576]

Machiavelli advised the prince that if speaking the truth could potentially lead to losing the state (returning it to the French), then he should lie. You portray this as gruesome and malevolent, but in reality, he is merely advocating realistic actions for the prince to take. I do not know why you would put it in such a way as you did.

[@meadaiv8835]

Agreed, he missed the point all together. I knew this was a weird slander piece when he started off the video by calling Machiavellis writing “satanic”

[@borgstod]

The grim reality of power is that groups and individuals who come to dominate inevitably become corrupted by their power and use the instruments of the state to further their interests, even if it means oppressing opponents. By becoming the Chief capable of cruelty, the leader ensures his own safety, and that of his followers, and the violence used may deter armed enemies' intent to avenge themselves. Ugly, but in complex social structures, bouts of terror cleanse societies of opponents and demonstrate strength to the people, and strength is always admired rather than condemned. A leader who seemingly defends his people from harm, provides basic necessities for life, and is seen to be competent is preferred to a weak leader who cannot achieve anything guided by some flustered ideology that serves no one well.

[@epic6434]

You're talking about invasion infiltration or organized crime in a position of legal authority being attained by election then transforms into a crime boss instead of a man or woman given the age of civility could get away with this jekyll and hyde character? I think this type of person might have been able to get past everyone if the power was distributed although this could not happen unless there are traitors and no one would ever accept a traitor only use to gain their own position but to continue as partners well you've seen how loyal the faculty is. So you know both want power from the powerful of another place that also makes other's take notice so maybe a poor people who don't have grandeur as those who have more than that still is a threat in legal business but there's underground too you just have to find the other faction so one is legit the other must stay quite so what type of noise can either make to alarm everyone with opportunities they'll think their safety is lost what I'm saying it will corrupt the air people breathe and if your power is this type of work you'll only surround yourself with like minded individuals so your lives danger increases and just adds more stress and pressure you could become paranoid and that's terrible way to live comfortably especially your families will be burdened. I'm assuming I could give you my ideas for power but I think we're in disagreement and not in control of power but opinions and the reality of it.

[@Gunit935]

it's a really naive POV when you say "become corrupted", you MUST be corrupt if you want to survive and stay in power.

[@CHAOSAgent-p6u]

I love Machiavelli ❤

[@PhiloNauticaa]

Love??? it would be the stronger emotion for someone who just wanted to cross every moral value in his way!

[@CHAOSAgent-p6u]

@@PhiloNauticaa there is no such moral thing. People just show off morality.in reality it do not exist.people born in Africa and Asia as poor will understand.

[@olafweyer859]

You can always loose. Giving up your moral integrity for something as feeble as winning is a bad bargain. Anything outside yourself can be lost. Now what you hold onto in yourself, that is forever.

[@starwatcher-x2k]

Tell that to Mike Tyson??

[@Makavelliridge]

Power over oneself or others ? People who attribute power over others as their own have always lead cruel lives. Those who have it towards themselves, know how to live.

[@ghostagee5232]

Morality is real. There are real people with real high morals. No power, bombs or money in this world will ever change that. Period. The US and Israel are done and dusted on morality. Finito. You will never, eve,r, ever be forgiven or forgotten. End of story. Bravo

[@user-zb4wh3ks2e]

If power is not for the good then do not complain when the wicked use power unjustly.

[@jerryfrancisco7035]

Don't trust Ai (and TikTok/IG/FB/X for good measure)... This is a misintpretation of Nicolo Machiavelli's work, The Prince is often oversimplified in this way. In The Prince, Machiavelli did explore various strategies rulers used to maintain power, but he also highlighted the risks of immoral actions. Rather than outright advocating for "the ends justify the means," he observed how different tactics-moral or otherwise-impacted governance. This nuanced view shows that while he acknowledged harsh methods, he also understood the complexities and potential pitfalls, suggesting a more balanced perspective than the phrase typically implies. The Prince is an observational work, not a prospective one. Do better Ai.

[@PhiloNauticaa]

If you would just watch the whole video!

[@jerryfrancisco7035]

@@PhiloNauticaa lol... Fair, you lost me at "Nicolo Machiavelli is an enemy of the people," (which is 20sec in...) but only because that notion is so far from the accepted scholarly history of Machiavelli's contributions to politics, leadership and statecraft as a whole. I'll admit I did come in a little hot, these are trying times for facts... I'll watch the rest of it out of curiosity.

[@Cris_carias98]

John 11:25-26 ; “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die.

[@JustReed]

Read John 14:12-14 Where is your faith to do great works Jesus has done?

[@nightowl6260]

He put in print, what was happening since the beginning of time.

[@Hedgehog3342]

The prince is basically like a centuries updated version of the art of war. This knowledge can either use to defend yourself against threats or manipulate others.

[@starwatcher-x2k]

Yes, the Italians/West adapted many of the Eastern philosophies and technologies

[@ridge7524]

Well that needs to change going by the title 💯🥂

[@stevespeyrer1804]

Realism 💯

[@robertpardinas4939]

Russia, North Korea and Cuba come to mind when Machiavellianism is discussed. The result is the same, a population ruled by fear with no faith in the integrity of its justice system. To build or create in such a society exposes you to danger from those with power and covetous of what you have. Countries with a moral and just governance inspire the individual to hope, build and strive. For all its faults and failings, democratic republics with their checks and balances based on moral ethics are the only places where the human spirit can soar to the greatest heights.

[@tokugamer9930]

You, dear human being, understood nothing from this book...

[@hakaishinkage9899]

@@tokugamer9930 Exactly. Unbelievable that they felt this was some sort of worthwhile or even relevant exposition, when the democratic republics are the Machiavellian states by comparison.

[@michaelmedeiros2089]

I think you have Cuba and Russia all wrong. The dictatorships are not really for the body of people but to protect the people from the tentacles of democratic states that create coups in any country chosen. Without a dictatorship your country is doomed to influence from the west.

[@smhollanshead]

I too believe in a Constitutional Republic. With the Constitution, we have a set of moral and legal principles that become the supreme law of the land. With the Republic, we have the voice of the people. In any political system, Machiavelli has a point and insight about human political maneuvers. I find Machiavelli to be the dark side of the force. Darth Vader would have embraced the teachings of the Prince! I prefer love thy neighbor and treat others as you would want to be treated. See the teachings of Jesus Christ. But, never underestimate the Dark side of the force.

[@epic6434]

​@@hakaishinkage9899 it could be but no one has the problems we have and still gets weighed down by unrelated issues other countries demanding from them our people demanding and destroying for gain it's all the codependency 😂

[@Powerick]

The Prince is boring but I agree with the philosophy. I like The 48 Laws of Power better. Thanks for the video.

[@PhiloNauticaa]

Keep Supporting Fam!

[@opforwarrior]

Only cowards choose fear over love. Love bravely Your EGO says you are what happens to you. But your soul is defined by how you face what happens for you. Live bravely The Prince should have been titled, "The Coward".

[@EnterPlayMode]

The more he narrates, the more I think... yeah, this was the 2Pac before 2Pac, if that makes any sense. 💯🎤

[@TawsifEC]

Bibi Netanyahu embodies this spirit well.

[@katherinekelly6432]

A persons relationship to power will be determined by their relationship to suffering and death particularly their own. Cowards become tyrant's when given power. The word coward is ambiguous but it is a word that attempts to capture a persons relationship to the experience of fear. A cowardly relationship with fear produces tyrants when they aquire power. The most common form of " abused power" is that by a parent over a child. This may be the "Original Sin" that gives birth to all others.

[@_313BADR]

Makavelli Da Don

[@larryhutchinson5557]

🌎: Larry Hutchinson Governor of Michigan 2026. 📣: Greatest State in the Union!

[@Amafaranga300]

Its true!

[@marcoooijer9893]

Power corrupts each and all. As proven by the two Stsns: Milgram and Zimbardo. When given orders by poer figures, pple tend uo obey. When having the poer to give cruel orders, pple tend to be cruel.

[@Thatsbannanas-d8c]

In a “healthy” world we would all be equal. Case closed.

[@user-rm4vk6tr3j]

Sounds like dystopian hell. You should try thinking on this a little deeper.

[@gabrielhu6596]

Your “healthy” world is purely fantastical. Since day one of life existing, it’s about competing against one another using whatever means possible, such is the process of natural selection.

[@Thatsbannanas-d8c]

@ stop spreading your American misery.

[@Thatsbannanas-d8c]

@ you are dead wrong It’s the individualism and competitiveness that is synthetic, and a trance. A very violent, trance.

[@Thatsbannanas-d8c]

@@user-rm4vk6tr3j hell is her on earth More Orwellian, and people suck Too dumb, greedy, and not deep enough. You you you you the American nuclear intellectual void

[@DenianArcoleo]

The end justifies the meaning? What is that?

[@thedragonarmorchannel1772]

The cocktail formally known as fear and love have been eliminated by the police 🚔

[@kathleenwirth5225]

Some things never change. Sadly,, even today dictators - or wanna-bes - the world over today still use these tactics.

[@andreamontgomery8019]

The Bible says be wise as a serpent but harmless as a dove🙏🏽

[@JustReed]

The bible says many silly sayings.

[@JDMcHenry]

I’m 1995, Machiavelli became Makaveli.

[@davidbowen6284]

If power gravitates towards machiavellian types then isnt it fitting that manipulation is a under handed game that has to be hiden but is often a game that gets overplayed or exposed as critical thinking and patterns reveal situations over time? The power crazed always up the stakes as they get high on their own supply. Thats normally the way the game ends. So in retrospect the man who's willing to take a knee and not jeopardise his principles will be the man to show concern and catch, even teach the game player what life is and how no matter how well you think you're playing it we are all the same. We come with nothing and we leave with nothing. If someone is rude always try and stay respectful,not for them but for you. Your reward is the honour you receive for being authentically and true to you. It may feel like you're losing as others get what they want but you gotta be cool with you. If you have peace of mind thats enough

[@meadaiv8835]

There’s nothing satanic or dark about the prince. It’s practical advice and historical observation.

[@PhiloNauticaa]

Draw a line on morality, that's it!

[@anthonyflores6494]

This is so stupid I had to comment just how funny it is

[@wesleyherrera9323]

And let me guess after 500 years he was right RIP Niccolo

[@KeeshMitchy]

No point of putting in my 2 cents, everyone in the comment section seems to be philosophers.

[@CUSELİSFAN]

"The end justifies the means" is nowhere in the Prince. 🙂

[@PhiloNauticaa]

@@CUSELİSFAN Yes it's a paraphrase of his ideas.

[@deeveevideos]

We are supposed to balance the good and the bad together. That is why Jesus said the meek will inherit the Earth. it's original meaning it means someone who knows how to fight and is willing to fight but will only use it as a last resort. A person that is under full control of themselves.

[@randytusha1]

It's pretty clear that Machiavelli was either a textbook narcissistic personality disorder or possibly even a psychopath

[@klam77]

Sabbatean Machiavelli. Satan throughout history.

[@skavihekkora5039]

Power comes from good, bad is only an incompetent usurper who is immediately recognized by the rotten fruit of that usurpation.

[@martinhall932]

Timely points, November 2024

[@gemjade]

Nonsense.

[@salemsmith2878]

I wonder if this is his real voice, or an ai?

[@McorpGroupofCompanies]

Machiavelli wasn't talking to everyone. nor did he have to.

[@PhiloNauticaa]

Yes, The prince was actually a gift to Lorenzo di medic..

[@epic6434]

Of course not he just wrote a journal about his expertise and placed opinions with situations and ideas for scenarios being used behind the scenes of the occultism. We can only imagine but to conclude this to the government's is probably irresponsible being psychological manipulation in darkness and ages people improve is what I mean.

[@GymForLifeHD]

he was top g it just need to not push too hard feed them with somethig good and use them, its just basics for politics.

[@a.k.a.billthebusboy1996]

Maybe quit framing it as power and recognize the duty, responsibility, to your peers and serve in your role.

[@Ryan-u2f]

Read about King David! The Most Highest favorite!😊

[@PhiloNauticaa]

Yes💯

[@JustReed]

Where do I read about king David outside the bible?

[@Ryan-u2f]

@ 1 and 2 Samuel gives great history and detail!

[@RedPixel2023]

Machiavelli on the first instance can never find confident and trustworthy men because his mode of thinking is flawed. Duplicity will always breed distrust.

[@KenChan-d2k]

Evils are from aimless biological evolution with no designer. Upload consciousness to virtual paradise will be the only solution. The only important valuable thing is consciousness, all others can be designed, changed to be better.

[@riaanbreedt5490]

the art of power is an illusion.

[@Tarantula-hawk]

Machiavelli was a failure in his political career. I'd rather take advice from Frederick the Great who was a great statesmen

[@Tarantula-hawk]

@@PhiloNauticaa It's Frederick the Great not Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche was never a statesman even though both are German. I mentioned Frederick specifically because he wrote a title called anti Machiavelli and because he was a renowned administrator

[@blazehall8086]

He means men.

[@SamsonMohamed]

Pragmatic teachings ...

[@jerry-mind-sky]

End? Hell or heaven ?

[@PhiloNauticaa]

For Machiavelli?

[@jerry-mind-sky]

@@PhiloNauticaa Yes and everybody who follow his ,, means ,,.

[@PhiloNauticaa]

@@jerry-mind-sky I'm not the one to decide this. God knows better!

[@JungINFJ]

Power is for God. "...for the Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory are yours, now and forever."

[@cravingcaving]

Eggs are a little expensive... Let's try Tyranny?

[@michaelmedeiros2089]

I wonder if Machiavelli felt the same way when he was on his death bed. Or if he had some time to reflect before he died.

[@PhiloNauticaa]

No one felt the same way when they are on their death bed!

[@Yatukih_001]

@@PhiloNauticaa Machiavellianism is thus a mental disorder, and part of what are known as the Dark Triads - narcissism, sociopathy and macchiavellianism.

[@elinope4745]

I wonder why a change of mind during the death of the mind is considered important by some people. I expect the mind to change once half of the brain cells suddenly die. Simply not enough computing power to keep the same beliefs.

[@drewman6287]

Of course he did, fact is fact!

[@michaelmedeiros2089]

@elinope4745 I'm not trying to be a dick but to pretend to not know why death is something important then you are out of sorts friend. A person's mind can be functioning normal before they die. A death bed can last for an entire month or more. When a person is about to face the biggest adversary known to existence it makes you reflect on your life and your decisions. Did you spend your time wisely while alive on earth.

[@nolickspittle4753]

Well Welby got caught in the end...the evil sod...

[@grimgrimey]

Sounds like Israel have taken a leaf from Machiavellis play book....

[@calmbreeze3486]

Sounds like all the characters of modern women to me. 🤔

[@sasongkosakti530]

So,.. Morality is not rational

[@stephenpolissack2018]

This is not what the United States of America was founded on. “A New World Irder Has Begun”, as it says on the back of the dollar bill. “A city on a hill”. Yet, political realities are political realities & like every other country in history & the world, there are no perfect ones. Yet we could compare & contrast many widely different political rulers throughout time from Ivan the Terrible to Abraham Lincoln. Happily it appears there is still this leeway possible!

[@epic6434]

The new world order is global market and economic development not this particular issue these are more likely about capitalism without the structure of exchange but usery and assassination.

[@Stella-iy4zf]

Was he married? Had Children?

[@PhiloNauticaa]

Yes

[@Dragon1111-q2b]

Get a job

[@JFCargo]

The Prince is a satire. Machiavelli is not advocating the tactics he describes; he is explaining why monarchies always become tyrannical. The mainstream interpretation ignores the context of Machiavelli's other writings. The dedication clarifies that he is specifically talking about principalities (monarchies) and not republics.

[@doomd1816]

Machiavelli is right But seeking power is actually usually foolish It is better to be free and powerless and far away from danger and responsibility But I guess in ancient times people didn’t have that luxiry

[@PhiloNauticaa]

It's actually the same on international government level!

[@gabrielhu6596]

You cant make meaningful changes without power. Not even to provide for people you love. Everyone need some amount of power.

[@christopher9ok393]

Niccolò Machiavelli did nothing wrong.

[@Tygertyger8008]

No, this isn't relevant to the current USA situation at all...

[@kurtbogle2973]

The safty and security of what? It sounds like a slave state to me.

[@cxa011500]

Sounds like Trump

[@gm9984]

Did a painting just get censored? KZbins power knows no end

[@YoursThatWas]

I think Marcus Aurelius would disagree and he actually ruled an empire, unlike Machiavelli.

[@Jorn-sy6ho]

Apple Intelligence + Human Intelligence = Academic Intelligence. And that makes it come back at AI ❤❤❤

[@PhiloNauticaa]

Intelligence is common!

[@gyanprakashraj4062]

MOST POWERFUL ALWAYS....ALWAYS WILL BE....BARAABARIII....RANDII KA JANMAL....YE SABB KARKE KAREGAS

[@sawedoffshottyshane9637]

Huh

[@tallcoachcd]

It is well presented, powerful, and useful until the end when you tout religion as a necessary governance component. You blew your entire point by stepping into the trap of religious doctrine having value. Religious people are rigid, silly, stupid, and dishonest, traits that Machiavelli warned against and laid out how to contain.

[@BlackGritsDoesIt]

Trump.

[@AaronHenry-vr7bt]

🇹🇹📚🤔

[@carol-us4xn]

😂😂😂😂 good luck with that cunning failure.

[@ravenken]

Am I the only one that sees the obvious? Welcome Trump/GOP 2024. Enjoy!

[@peterbellini6102]

He would not agree with America and would, instead, sympathize with Hitler's Germany and Stalin's USSR. Mistake Nicolo, BIG mistake...

[@zaberfang]

Power attracts the corrupt. But those who don't want any power is the best one to wield it responsibly.

[@PlanetearthSevenheaven-y5o]

He must be bibi's dad

[@Unomaximus]

I am the furthest living descendant of Niccolo Machiavilli.

[@jamesbyrne9312]

He IS the enemy of humanity

[@PhiloNauticaa]

YES 💯

[@BoreasCastel]

Taking advice from Machiavelli is roughly on par with taking advice from a suicidal homeless drug addict who just stole power tools from Home Depot.