the populace can govern, because it is capable of truth. the people know what they want, or, more accurately, they know what they don’t want: to be dominated. through this knowledge, the people arrive at the truth, which is the truth of domination.
patrick boucheron machiavelli: the art of teaching people what to fear
i got a book on machiavelli by lulu's papa but it was a bit over my noggin. i ordered the more popular and brief book by boucheron. 159pps. it's a machiavellian moment they say. it's always a machiavellian moment they say. and i think mister reiner gave my sophomore history class a teutonic and comically histrionic midwestern suburban flatlander performance of the prince. we shall see—i'm in a fog, and flattened by the farce of rampant power plaguing the planet.
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