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