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's views revolved around the ideas that one must do anything within his ( did not refer to ‘her') power to keep the influence and power that he has attained. For him, anything that must be done in order not to lose the influence and the power that one has shou ....

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.... would be looked at as dictatorial and likened with the beliefs and felling of such hated groups as the Nazis. In today's system, societies that have been lead by rulers with such a mentality have not lasted very long. It seems that these days the general populace have much less tolerance for those rulers that believe in doing anything for the sake of themselves and supposedly the society at large. I believe that such rulers today are not tolerated (and should not be tolerated) There is no room for this type of thinking in modern day life. Respect is another factor that was very important to Machiavelli and his way of thinking. The Prince, as ....