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The author of "The Prince," Machiavelli gave advice to the kings of the 1500s & 1600s on how to rule. Today, in modern day politics his advice could be seen as cruel and evil, but back then he wrote about what worked. Do you think the ideas outlined by Machiavelli are evil? What ideas or concepts of his do you find to be particularly evil or fair?
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Luke P
5/1/2017 06:19:19 pm
I think the ideas of Machiavelli are kind of evil. He said to kill people so it would make you look better. He used a lot of death in his books which in today's society might be considered illegal. Most of his ideas were about killing others and or making yourself look better. Back then they might have been allowed but today they are just cruel.
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Delaney B
5/2/2017 09:17:29 am
I also agree with Luke. I think itś not that evil but now im kinda seeing it as both ways. Killing people is not right and itś llegal.
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Melle S
5/4/2017 08:54:51 am
I totally agree with you Luke. His concepts on how to deal with others were really cruel and mos of the time were harmful.
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Ethan M
5/4/2017 08:58:25 am
I agree with you Luke. Some of his ways worked when trying to keep a society in order, while others are just downright evil.
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Delaney B
5/2/2017 09:13:17 am
I think it wasn't evil.To me that's actually a great way of ruling when everybody likes you even though your not even that great. I guess the only way it's evil is that it's fake.
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Jack F
5/2/2017 09:14:20 am
I think Machiavelli's ideas were cruel but not evil. He was just saying what worked back then, his tactics today would get you in trouble or jail. Its like cheating on a video game it works but is considered bad. I think his most evil one is "If you want to take over some place don't forget to kill not just the big boss but also all his kids," This is very cruel but works, because if the king only dies his son can take over, so you have to kill all descendants.
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Alexa D.
5/2/2017 05:25:47 pm
I totally agree with your reponse. You want your people to like you not hate you.
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Luke P
5/2/2017 05:51:19 pm
I agree with you Jack, I also think Machiavelli's ideas were evil. Like you said most of his ideas were violent and about killing others.
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Jasmine B
5/3/2017 07:39:46 am
I agree and disagree with Jack. I agree with him because his words could make him end up in trouble, but that quote/saying is not cruel maybe to us but back then i don,t think that was cruel compared to what other rulers did. That quote also makes since if you want to rule the town/country you want to kill everyone so that you have a chance to become leader.
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Yasmin O.
5/4/2017 09:19:51 am
I agree, because the people weren't so tough on you and you wouldn't get in trouble for those type of things. Plus back then you wouldn't get in trouble but now their are laws against those types things and in the eyes of the people of the present day they would see it as evil but cruel is a better word to describe him.
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Jeremy H.
5/2/2017 09:25:33 am
I don't think his ideas were that cruel or evil. It was what worked back then. You would probably get killed for that today.
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Alexa D.
5/2/2017 05:24:45 pm
Yes, I think his ideas were cruel and evil and most rulers want people to follow and support and like them not hate them and rebel on them.
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Jasmine B
5/3/2017 07:35:51 am
I don't think it was cruel or evil because all he was doing was telling you what was going to work when you rule. I honestly think his advice was great because you had to be sneaky while being a ruler. This also gets me thinking do our president and govners do this, if so that would be funny.
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Jack
5/3/2017 02:30:28 pm
I agree with you Jasmine his ideas weren't evil. Also his ideas were great and were what worked.
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Jeremy H.
5/4/2017 08:46:34 am
I agree. It was what worked.
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Angelina J.
5/4/2017 08:58:59 am
I agree with you Jasmine. He was not being cruel he was being clever.
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Angelina J.
5/4/2017 08:56:43 am
I do not think that it is cruel. Because when you are the ruler you have to sacrifice something or do somethings that might ruin your reputation to please the public. So his advice is not cruel is true.
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Emmanuel Z
5/4/2017 09:05:52 am
I agree with you Angelina. I agree because you must do bad things to help yourself or others.
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Ethan M
5/4/2017 08:57:01 am
Machiavelli's ideas in my eyes, were not cruel back then. You want to keep your citizens in order when they are taking advantage of you. Some of them look cruel but work.
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Emmanuel Z
5/4/2017 09:04:02 am
I think it was not evil because at the time, people were already doing what Machiavelli had shown in the prince. Also, it was very effective in keeping a rowdy population in line. It is looked as evil now because the things in the book does not happen a lot now.
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Anya Cooper
5/7/2017 12:11:53 pm
I agree. Today its evil, but not back then, when a lot of leaders did do that.
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Melle S
5/4/2017 09:04:19 am
Machiavelli's ideas of how to deal with other people was cruel. In his opinion you had to kill people to make yourself look like a better ruler, and then more people would follow you. Today if you were the president and you killed someone because of one little thing or for any reason you would most likely not be president anymore.
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Isabella H
5/4/2017 09:12:59 am
I dont think his plans were that evil. It worked back then so I dont think it was that bad. If we followed his rules today we would probaly go to jail.
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Yasmin O.
5/4/2017 09:13:52 am
I think they were evil because it was mostly about doing what helps you only and it was really selfish. The part that was most evil was when it said to use other peoples things or money to pay for something or give away. Also one of the most evil things where to act nice in front of people not when people are around and another one he stated was that its ok to cheat just make sure you don't get caught.
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Anya Cooper
5/7/2017 12:10:21 pm
I believe the Prince is evil today, however, back than you would have to be cruel. Today you should be a loved leader, and back then, you should be feared. It matters on the time period.
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Trenton M
5/7/2017 03:41:30 pm
I think that what he said were horrible things to do, if back then you did all you could to avoid to do those things you would be weak, and couquered easily so he wrote about what you should do do avoid being destroyed. His teachings were brutal but you didn't have to follow the things he set it was all your choice, or you could make them WAY more brutal and malicious ,really they were just suggestions. But all is diffrent based on the time you live in, today we would shut that person down as fast as possible but back then, you would want those kinds of effective, brutal people on your side , it is all down to time period
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Romeo G
5/9/2017 03:16:56 pm
I think that Machiavelli's advice was pretty cruel and evil. One of them was the advice on how to take out a king. He said to not only kill him but everyone in his branch that could be the heir to the throne.
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Julien Jason Wood
5/14/2017 02:58:14 pm
I agree with Romeo that he was cruel. Especially because of that specific idea.I found i cruel how he said to kill multiple people instead of one and that it is better to be feared.
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Julien Jason Wood
5/14/2017 02:55:35 pm
I think that his ideas were really cruel.He said if you are going to kill a king then kill his family too. This way they wont rule after and want to attack you.This is why I think his ideas were cruel.
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Danny P.
9/4/2017 07:02:24 pm
Why is this still up?
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