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Originally Posted by alexamenos
this was the furthest thing from my mind....I was saying nothing more than exactly what I said -- often a politician's primary motivation is in preserving his or her power.
beyond that, you basically lost me when you started giving me a rundown on the various colors of your family.
cheers
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sorry for my quick assumption. Machiavelli supported both theories:
1)politicians do what keeps them in power
2)politicians do what needs to be done to meet the goals of government which are security, economics, and stability
Machiavelli taught that politicians should lie, manipulate, assasinate, etc. in order to meet their goals and that such an approach was the best thing for a nation...
Not a nice fellow.