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[-] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 35 points 1 week ago

If there is one person in the world who absolutely has not read anything by Machiavelli, it's this guy using his name. He just thinks it is "cool" and "edgy" and has no idea what any of the guy's works were about and thinks they just let you justify being a shithead.

[-] acidic7_7@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Besides this, one cannot by fair dealing, and without injury to others, satisfy the nobles, but you can satisfy the people, for their object is more righteous than that of the nobles, the latter wishing to oppress, while the former only desire not to be oppressed.

  • Machiavelli, Chapter 9 of The Prince

He was one of us!!!! 1!1!1

this post was submitted on 14 Apr 2026
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