<story><title>A No-Nonsense Machiavelli</title><url>http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/12/18/no-nonsense-machiavelli-the-prince/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rrggrr</author><text>We often forget The Prince was a job application, from an exiled and impoverished Machiavelli to the court of Medici. Parks seems to forget this inconvenient fact. Parks also forgets to mention that it was Machiavelli&amp;#x27;s Discourses on Livy, a book that disagrees with The Prince with numerological precision, that screams Machiavelli&amp;#x27;s love of a Republic over a monarchical or despotic rule, and that defines virtue in idealized, classical terms most embrace today.&lt;p&gt;As Parks implicitly states, the difference between a man&amp;#x27;s message and his mission depends a great deal on who is reporting it. It is this difference, between The Prince and The Discourses, between marketing and motive, where Park may learn Trump, like Machiavelli, is no fan of Princes but is instead very much a man of the Signora and the Guild to the great benefit of a Republic. Park&amp;#x27;s piece is straight from the Medici playbook.</text></comment>
<story><title>A No-Nonsense Machiavelli</title><url>http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/12/18/no-nonsense-machiavelli-the-prince/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>h4nkoslo</author><text>This is by far the best explanation I&amp;#x27;ve read of where Machiavelli is metaphysically coming from: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.exurbe.com&amp;#x2F;?p=1429&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.exurbe.com&amp;#x2F;?p=1429&lt;/a&gt; .  He was a true patriot for his people.</text></comment>