The Prince

Why Machiavelli, in Chapter 5, insists so much on destruction.

why Machiavelli, in Chapter 5, insists so much on destruction.

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Machiavelli insists the two ways to dominate states that are used to their old laws involve devastation. Taking a state by force and instilling terror within the population is the first. The second is to occupy them. The population must lose all sense of hope and be completely subservient.