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Machiavellianism
MACHIAVELLIANISM

Definitions:

i. The employment of cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct.

ii. The political doctrine of Machiavelli, which denies the relevance of morality in political affairs and holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing and maintaining political power.

iii. The principles of government set forth in The Prince by Machiavelli, in which political expediency is exalted above morality and the use of power and deceit to maintain authority or to effectuate policy is recommended.

iv. Activity characterized by subtle cunning, duplicity, or bad faith.
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* All nine elements should be in.

** The end justifies the means.

*** That end is be-all and end-all.


1. Believed purposeful and necessary by who has guile.

2. Bare-faced lies and/or denials will be told or made, if need be.

3. Clear illegality and wrongdoing can be perpetrated.

4. There will be a hidden agenda on the part of the pretentious one.

5. The end goal cannot be static and/or unchangeable.

6. Threats and not the use of force will be employed to achieve aim.

7. Method(s) or tactic will be sustained till the end.

8. Gain or benefit will not be shared with the loser or vanquished.

9. Strategy achieves objective(s), whatever it takes.
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misleading (intention)

prominent (badness)

inordinate (ambition)

prevalent (distrust)

secretive (method)

patiently (plans)

harshly (action)

deadly (lives)

selfish (wins)
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Quote: "It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both". - Niccolo Machiavelli.

Quote: "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be". - Kurt Vonnegut.

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Quote: "Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot". - Niccolo Machiavelli.

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