/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>10963933
Because you don't understand The Prince properly if you attempt to apply it to the corporate world, it is cringe

>>10964017
>>10964017
>the
what part is cringe exactly maybe to a neet who feel 100% independence is power/freedom so they they will become a broke ass 30 year old boomer and tell themselves they are free/powerful

buut in the real world you have to lick ass to get true power/greedom why not read THE handbook about licking ass to get power

>>10964017
this. A centuries old guide to the administration of feudal power, or indeed a millennia old guide to pre-mechanized warfare can only be applied ,at best, allegorically to your gay life. anyone claiming to derive instruction from either has read neither. and is almost certainly retard.

"when you wrong a man, kill his wife and children. For when they in turn take up arms they will seek vengeance" try that one in the product placement dial in meeting and see how you get on you daft cunt.

>>10965150
kek

>>10964098
"why not read THE handbook about licking ass to get power" see what I mean? you read the introduction, and misunderstood. the book is presented as an ass lickers advice. The content of the book the the administration, preservation and expansion of power you hold by rite. Not a lot of ass licking involved, trust me

>>10965150
>when you wrong a man, kill his wife and children

Today equivalent would be to cut the break wire from the family car, the evening before a school day.

>>10965192
you could still go old school split her in two with your sword with the blood of her infants still on your hands. like the mountain. but no, the point is today the police will come. you'll go to jail and everyone will think you're a dick. If you were a Highland laird, say, you are the police. and the judge. and the landlord. and the taxman. and no newspapers cause everyone's illiterate, and covered in shit. Different times. The Medici were just the first one's after the dark ages to be really, really good at both power and money, so stability then art and culture then human dignity after a fashion. hence clever arse lickers writing books.
machiavelli central conceit "I assure you Sir I'm a sneaky dishonest wee cunt, at your service" was kinda retàrd as well if you think about it.

Mainly because once literally any male decides to better himself he gets into this kind of shit, so it becomes a bit kitsch to people who either didn't need it or already went through it. It's also a bit pseudointellectual sometimes. That said, it's actually not that bad, but people here like to be contrarian, so the overall sentiment basically lends itself to condescending derision

>>10965192
This is why you people are retarded. Today’s equivalent would be to ruin a mans life to the point he cannot salvage a career and lose his social circle. Just plant cp on him or get him fired for being racist or whatever it would take to get his wife and children to leave him, lose friends, and possible sent to jail. This can be done with just a tiny bit of effort these days. We are not barbarians anymore.

>>10965150
>feudal power
>16th century Italy

>>10965150

That still applies pretty well if you're near the actual power levers or criminal enterprises, the vast majority of people top out at being low level bureaucrats though.

>>10963933
Don't know about the first book, but the second book can only be fully untilized when you're outside of some civil market bullshit, aka actually rulling, There are sime sniplets that you can use in the corporate world, but it is mostly useless when you can't use your full potential.

>>10963933
The Dark Triad is no joke, Anon..

>>10966868
i thought this shit was cool when i start exploring and getting into it but now i feel i may end up dead or in jail soon why cant i just surrender and live like a god citizen

>>10965859
Tell that to the people that got in the Rothschilds or Hillary's way who died in a manner that was extremely convenient.
Hmmmmmm. Really makes you think.

>>10966990
>>10966990
i think the people who shit on these books so much live very sheltered lives and are naive on the true nature of humanity or when they choose to ignore it because their childish world view will shatter

If the dude who wrote that book was so smart
then why is he dead?

>>10963933
The edgy fedora lords of their time.
Nothing in those books is really new to anyone who has half a brain.
And most of it is useless garbage pseudo advice.

>>10965150

I actually agree with you, there are far more relevant books from the renaissance era about business that actually have applications today, but I won’t be sharing them with you faggots.
Ironically the quote you mentioned is actually one of the more useful bits even today, in essence it means to look for revenge by proxy as well as directly. You’d have to be an autist not to be able to apply the core logic to lots of scenarios.

>>10967136
at what age do men seek out these books at that age these books put together all those ideas maybe you stumbled upon them after you already put those ideas together thats why u hate it becaue u think you are smarting than people or something

>>10967136
Never gonna make it, go on, live in your bubble