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I hear the name Machiavelli come up a lot in political or philosophical discussions.
In short, he was just an ugly, no name tyrant, of which there are dime a dozen in any historical period you can name, dating as far back as Caligula and Nero.
His book "The Prince" (which Saul Alinsky allegedly stole his ideas from) was just simple, ubiquitous set of little axioms, most of which the average socially maladjusted, anime masturbating 13 year old boy could come up with on his own - it was more or less a complete ripoff of Thrasymachus, who was debunked in Plato's Republic.
I honestly have no idea why this little worm is given any attention in political or academic discussion, other than maybe as comic relief. A supervillain from a kid's TV show or video game, like "Dr. Robotnik" from Sonic the Hedgehog could have written a better manifesto on pseudo-villainy, honestly.
In short, he was just an ugly, no name tyrant, of which there are dime a dozen in any historical period you can name, dating as far back as Caligula and Nero.
His book "The Prince" (which Saul Alinsky allegedly stole his ideas from) was just simple, ubiquitous set of little axioms, most of which the average socially maladjusted, anime masturbating 13 year old boy could come up with on his own - it was more or less a complete ripoff of Thrasymachus, who was debunked in Plato's Republic.
I honestly have no idea why this little worm is given any attention in political or academic discussion, other than maybe as comic relief. A supervillain from a kid's TV show or video game, like "Dr. Robotnik" from Sonic the Hedgehog could have written a better manifesto on pseudo-villainy, honestly.