>>6406709 (lb)
>https://nationalinterest.org/commentary/machiavelli-still-shocking-after-five-centuries-9126
>"Third, use deception as a central element of your statecraft. Mask your true intentions, and remain faithful to pledges only so long as they are in your interest. Remember that others will be false to you, unless you ensure that their falsehoods do not pay. Beware of surrounding yourself with powerful subordinates. Keep your own counsel and listen to only a few advisors. Eliminate victorious generals and keep nobles weak and divided."
>"In other respects, though, The Prince holds up well as a guide to politics, domestic and foreign. His accounts of official corruption in Florence, of decadence in the late Roman empire, and of deception by Italian popes would raise few eyebrows in contemporary Washington, D.C. Nor would modern readers be surprised to learn that in political life, it is more frequently the sinners than the saints that rise to power and cling to their positions."
thanks for link anon
>>6406844 (lb)
junkers passed out piss drunk, again
where is the fucking sanity in this world
nobody throws him off a fucking cliff?
medical mafia taking over us all
people should be screaming out loud imho