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andre6682 t1_j08mlmj wrote

Reply to comment by LasciviousApemantus in Adam Sandler wins the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by ZylonBane

well, people are often stupid, like a few centuries ago, when they misinterpreted macchiavellis il principe as an instruction for dictatorships, ignoring the essence of his discorsi as his magnum opus, while the former was just the things he saw were happening and not what he liked, but thought of empirical facts (or at least what he percieved)

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LasciviousApemantus t1_j0bhbdn wrote

I feel like il principe was more a guide on how to navigate a fucked up world that has to operate like this rather than advocating for a world that does operate like that. More pragmatism than nihilism.

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