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It insists upon itself (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by Teknevra@lemmy.world to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Exactly. Machiavellian doesn't mean galaxy brain.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Unscrupulous is only one of the definitions.

Cunning and scheming are the other two. The Prince detailed how to gain and hold power.

It wasn't a book that said immediately shoot everyone to solve all your problems.

So the original author was expecting violence in Godfather 2 but with more planning.

[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You gain and hold power by killing people you don't like, look at any dictator that ever dictatored. 🙃

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Again, yes you kill people. You don't just kill everyone immediately without a plan. Even Pol Pot had a plan.