What percent of the people currently on this board do you think understand the term Machiavellian?
I'm no genius. I don't have a college education. I'm not trying to act smarter than anyone.
Are Republicans the way they are because they never read The Prince? Does anyone read the classics in America? Or are we all Fox News and Rush Limbaugh following drones?
2006-10-20 15:34:05 · 13 answers · asked by imnogeniusbutt 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I have read all of Niccolo Machiavelli's works. In the Prince Machiavelli explains the real protocols of gaining and keeping power.
Republicans probable can't read (see S.A.T scores and red states). And they win by using SCARE tactics and FEAR mongering. Idiot Americans actually buy into this crap.
2006-10-20 15:39:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, it isn't and I don't know the percentage but, I'm going to help increase the percentage of people on Yahoo! Answers understand the term Machiavellian just as I did. Machiavellian is defined as, "characterized by subtle or unscrupulous cunning, deception, expediency, or dishonesty." The rest of your questions are machiavellian unless we take a nationwide survey and I certainly don't want to do that. But, if you want to, please be my guest.
2006-10-20 15:57:28 · answer #2 · answered by thalterman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-24 20:37:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I actually use the word AND understand the meaning.
But here is the real question.... DOES the end EVER justify the means?
Was dropping the A-bombs to end WWII worth it?
Is keeping abortion legal, though it ends a life, worth it if it keeps control over your body, yours?
Is it worth killing some people to bring the rest of the people a kind of free will they have only dreamed?
Is it worth lying to your spouse to prevent them from having hurt feelings?
Is it worth working long, hard hours to make money if it means you miss your kids lives...EVEN if it means you can buy them more stuff and send them to the college of their choice?
The fundamental question is a real one. . . and not always simply answered.
2006-10-20 17:06:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never read "the Prince." I can openly admit in front of witnesses that I shall never read a book dating back to the 1500's. I just shall not. I do read Harry Potter.LOL Machiavellian means Slytherin. Cunning and deceptive.
Cons: 7 of the top 10 SAT scoring states are "red".
http://www.sde.state.ok.us/test/SAT/SATstateSCORES.pdf#search='SAT%20Scores%20by%20state'
2006-10-20 15:41:19 · answer #5 · answered by MEL T 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, there are those who think Clinton was good for the country.. and yet he is directly responsible for N. Korea having the bomb as well as the rockets.. he continues to lambast the country when speaking over seas... so, guess there are drones on each side of the aisle.
2006-10-20 16:01:18 · answer #6 · answered by mrcricket1932 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like you have a good understanding of the republican mindset these days, I'd say. Only half of us are drones and I am not in that half.
2006-10-21 10:16:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Machiavelli is one thing to read,
Sun Tsu's "THE ART OF WAR " is another you may want to check out of your local library. I really doubt you have have really read up on the "classics".
2006-10-20 16:08:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Few people will understand it. I do, as I learned about it in high school. The rest of your question is biased drivel so I won't reply to it.
2006-10-20 15:35:49 · answer #9 · answered by treseuropean 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not many. But why don't you ask some more questions about it and we'll find out.
2006-10-20 18:10:37 · answer #10 · answered by Constitution 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋