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4547889Machiavelli in Americahttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/machiavelli-in-america-9781628940688/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3056426/8b72aebe-5a10-4fea-9d3a-18cfff056ab0.jpg?v=638853747047000000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3053923/8b72aebe-5a10-4fea-9d3a-18cfff056ab0.jpg?v=638384817383030000422444MXNAlgora PublishingInStock/Ebooks/<p>Machiavelli in America traces the influence of the Florentine thinker on American politics, from the Founders (c. 1770s) through todays rough-and-tumble political panorama.Machiavellis ideas have been re-interpreted internationally as real-politik. He proposed that the ends justify the means, and that any manner of fraud, violence or corruption must be utilized in attaining and retaining power. People, he assured us, are so mean, small and selfish that they will only act under necessity, so the successful prince must force the population, through whatever means necessary, to follow his dictates.He maintained that the most powerful form of fraud was the appearance of religiosity, and said that the successful prince must hold no art higher than that of war.The last section of the book offers a response to this kind of thinking, with a specific, implementable program that will begin to devolve the power of American democracy back to the people and away from the shrinking numbers of oligarchs who control the political system through Machiavellian means and vast amounts of money.</p>...2733458Machiavelli in America422444https://www.gandhi.com.mx/machiavelli-in-america-9781628940688/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3056426/8b72aebe-5a10-4fea-9d3a-18cfff056ab0.jpg?v=638853747047000000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3053923/8b72aebe-5a10-4fea-9d3a-18cfff056ab0.jpg?v=638384817383030000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20149781628940688_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_<p>Machiavelli in America traces the influence of the Florentine thinker on American politics, from the Founders (c. 1770s) through todays rough-and-tumble political panorama.Machiavellis ideas have been re-interpreted internationally as real-politik. He proposed that the ends justify the means, and that any manner of fraud, violence or corruption must be utilized in attaining and retaining power. People, he assured us, are so mean, small and selfish that they will only act under necessity, so the successful prince must force the population, through whatever means necessary, to follow his dictates.He maintained that the most powerful form of fraud was the appearance of religiosity, and said that the successful prince must hold no art higher than that of war.The last section of the book offers a response to this kind of thinking, with a specific, implementable program that will begin to devolve the power of American democracy back to the people and away from the shrinking numbers of oligarchs who control the political system through Machiavellian means and vast amounts of money.</p>(*_*)9781628940688_<p>Machiavelli in America traces the influence of the Florentine thinker on American politics, from the Founders (c. 1770s) through todays rough-and-tumble political panorama.Machiavellis ideas have been re-interpreted internationally as real-politik. He proposed that the ends justify the means, and that any manner of fraud, violence or corruption must be utilized in attaining and retaining power. People, he assured us, are so mean, small and selfish that they will only act under necessity, so the successful prince must force the population, through whatever means necessary, to follow his dictates.He maintained that the most powerful form of fraud was the appearance of religiosity, and said that the successful prince must hold no art higher than that of war.The last section of the book offers a response to this kind of thinking, with a specific, implementable program that will begin to devolve the power of American democracy back to the people and away from the shrinking numbers of oligarchs who control the political system through Machiavellian means and vast amounts of money.</p>...9781628940688_Algora Publishinglibro_electonico_9781628940688_9781628940688Thomas BlockInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/gardnersspecialist-epub-18261bab-cb7d-438f-925f-31743803a7a6.epub2014-01-01T00:00:00+00:00Algora Publishing