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18240031 No.18240031 [Reply] [Original]

So i just finished The Prince, can i apply any of it in real life? I think i sorta got the main message, i think you have to be good but be prepared to do bad in order to get or stay in power, to do whatever it takes, be immoral and lie etc.

>> No.18240037

Btw this is the second book ive ever read in my life

>> No.18240192

>>18240037
Yeah, I can tell.

>>18240031
I think you know your real life better than random strangers on 4channel, so you'll know the answer better than anyone else here.

>> No.18240195

>>18240031
The Prince, just like Idiocracy, is not an instruction manual.

>> No.18240831

>>18240031
You're not a prince, you fat faggot. Machiavelli's writing is interesting from a historical and theoretical point of view . It's not a self help book or a guide on how to get a promotion at your gay office job. Also read Discourses on Livy.