Friday, 26 April 2024

Electoral politicians want to be liked - and be seen to be virtous - too much

About 25 mins into this BBC profile of Machiavelli, we hear some lessons for modern politicians.

Was it a critique of princely duplicity? Or some ruthless morality? (I believe, the latter, and so does Quentin Skinner).

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