Board Thread:Criminal Case news/@comment-25993708-20171024133305/@comment-24032096-20171025152037

GurlinLuv wrote: Ok I was womdering abt the case title rn. What is a machiavellian?

Machiavellian is something related to Machiavelli, an Italian politician and philosopher. Machiavelli's main beliefs were stated in his book The Prince, where he said that a politician, to be effective and successful in maintaining the power, had to:


 * Be feared rather than loved.
 * Kill innocent civilians.
 * Committ immoral acts.
 * Be dishonest.

Known phrases: "it is better to be feared than to be loved"; "the end justifies the means", etc.