[drpgq]

In The Prince, Machiavelli wrote that men are “ungrateful, wanton, false,” and “cowardly, greedy, arrogant and mean, and their natural impulse is to be insolent when their affairs are prospering and abjectly servile when adversity hits them.”

Reminds me a little of work.

[Phiwise_]

Have you ever actually read Machiavelli? Have you read The Discources, instead of the trendy practice of misreading Art of War and The Prince and ending the day early? This is a borderline slanderous misrepresentation of one of the first great Humanist philosophers.

IMPORTANT EDIT: I just realized that I misread this as saying

>Reminds me a little of his work.

instead of

>Reminds me a little of work.

How embarrassing, right? Just ignore me while I curl up and die in the corner over there.

[thimkerbell]

What is a different, good, brief representation?

[AlbertCory]

The Prince is very short. Read all of it.

[thih9]

From experience, avoiding environments with these traits and finding better workplaces sometimes requires extra effort but in general is possible.

[AndrewKemendo]

Not by accident.

Avarice is the driving force of capitalism; so should be expected to be an integral part of any organization that optimizes for capital return to investors.