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Machiavelli's Advice For Nice Guys (Original Post) bucolic_frolic Aug 2021 OP
Would that the Democrats would learn this. nt Binkie The Clown Aug 2021 #1
To me Machiavelli, was the code to understanding the mannerly but brutal ways of the old wealthy. ShazamIam Aug 2021 #2
In modern terms, you can get the information Machiavelli offered soldierant Aug 2021 #3

ShazamIam

(2,575 posts)
2. To me Machiavelli, was the code to understanding the mannerly but brutal ways of the old wealthy.
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 11:38 PM
Aug 2021

Not only an understanding but a guide for the path to power and riches if those were your goals.

I say old wealthy because for a few generations now, some newer wealthy don't bother with the manners and outward courtesies except privately among themselves.

soldierant

(6,905 posts)
3. In modern terms, you can get the information Machiavelli offered
Tue Aug 10, 2021, 12:08 AM
Aug 2021

from "The Alt-Right Playbook", a series of videos made by a dude called Ian Danskin and available at his YouTube channel, "Innuendo Studios."

https://www.youtube.com/c/InnuendoStudios/videos

Tjere are eleven of them (supplemented by four "end notes&quot , and all have a cartoon title (the end notes are just called end notes, but clearly so.)

I've read Machiavelli, and he (and this OP about him) are on the money. But for me, this set of videos hits harder and is more effective - today.

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