[Fargren]

About Machievelli: The Prince was (proably) a sarcastic piece[0], denoting the things he saw politicians doing and he thought should not be done. It's a shame that he's remembered as though it was an instruction manual.

[0]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince#Interpretation_of_Th...

[noir_lord]

I read The Prince when I was a lot younger, fascinating book.