It made a lot of sense when Machiavelli was talking about how when certain governments are new, they are susceptible to being weak and if promising people too much, the people will overrule the weakened leader, but also, the next leader will take precautions to be less weak. I loved the way he told this, because it's true. Governments now cannot simply be overrun in the course of weeks or months; we have to wait until elections. If the government wasn't as strong as it is now, it could be done, but now it is extremely powerful.
I didn't like that Machiavelli believes that so many sacrafices for the state were made necessary. It seems like he believes in keeping the state strong, but yet, when some of the people in the state have to be sacraficed, it kind of defeats the purpose of having someone ruling over others. It's as if it isn't for their own good anymore.
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