... will not rebel against the new leaders. Machiavelli suggests many different methods of keeping control over the masses and most of them are very morally questionable. Corruption seems to be a reoccurring theme in maintaining royalty's influence over the power structure. Machiavelli seems to understand from a commoner's perspective that those in power need to stay in power forcefully rather than democratically. He also ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate