Machiavelli never said shit about ethnic cleansings you complete fucking dolt. Neither did his contemporaries, and neither did the Machiavellian school of political theory that arose in the late 1800’s through to the mid 1900’s.
Fucking Qtard. Finds a couple of dumbass papers from even more dumbassed academic derpensteins published in the last 5 years, probably never read the book cover to cover and read for comparison other political treatises at the time to compare and contrast.
Just reads an abstract that says ‘oh he would have advocated for ethnic cleansings,’ misreads that as ‘he advocated for ethnic cleansings’, then makes dumbfuck statements like that.
Well fuck him and fuck them and fuck everything about what led him to think that was a THOUGHT.
Well fuck him and fuck them and fuck everything about what led him to think that was a THOUGHT.
Let me tell you what Machiavelli wrote.
He wrote a guidebook on how to unify Italy during a period where Italy was doomed to permanent fragmentation or relegation as a collection of client states to a foreign power.
He wrote a guidebook on how to unify Italy during a period where Italy was doomed to permanent fragmentation or relegation as a collection of client states to a foreign power.
These city states and minor principalities and dukedoms fought each other CONSTANTLY. Motherfuckers had wars at the drop of a hat over who stole a fucking BUCKET from a WELL. (Seriously. Look up The War of the Bucket.)
The dividing lines were along political and religious divides and changed with the wind. Did a state support the Pope? The Holy Roman Empire? The French King? Were they Catholic or Protestant? Were those just excuses for the sake of expanding power? ALL OF THEM ARE A YES.
So fractious were the Italians that they were under the control of one foreign power or another CONSTANTLY, and when they weren’t it was just a matter of time before a king or emperor came to kick over their sand castles.
YET THEY NEVER UNIFIED.
YET THEY NEVER UNIFIED.
Now in a land full of Italians where it was NOTED CONSTANTLY that the divides were along arbitrary political and religious lines, WHY THE FLYING FUCK WOULD MACHIAVELLI ADVOCATE FOR AN ETHNIC CLEANSING YOU FUCKING RETARDS?
“Oh but Machiavelli was a fan of by any means necesssary”
“Oh but Machiavelli was a fan of by any means necesssary”
So your FIRST THOUGHT of ‘by any means necessary’ is ‘oh lets kill an entire ethnicity in a genocide.’
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?
Machiavelli’s stated objectives in dealing with occupied territories was securing loyalty, consolidating power, and eliminating rivals.
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?
Machiavelli’s stated objectives in dealing with occupied territories was securing loyalty, consolidating power, and eliminating rivals.
AT NO POINT DOES MACHIAVELLI GO “Lol and ethnic dogbreeds go brrrrrrrrrr”
He specifically made sure to state clearly the value of moderation in tyrannical actions to keep the population pacified, to not give then reasons to rise up against your rule while preventing that as well
He specifically made sure to state clearly the value of moderation in tyrannical actions to keep the population pacified, to not give then reasons to rise up against your rule while preventing that as well
But NOOOOOO some galaxy brained shitheads just HAVE to shit on Machiavelli and stick words in his mouth.
Well fuck you. This is why we can’t have nice things.
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Well fuck you. This is why we can’t have nice things.
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