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Example of [[Machiavelli]]'s use to the term "virtu" or "merit" by the [[United States]]:

Example of [[Machiavelli]]'s use to the term "virtu" or "merit" by the [[United States]]:

:"Machiavelli adopts this [[Roman]] sense almost exactly. In ''[[The Prince]]'' and the ''Discourses'', virtù is the set of personal qualities—courage, decisiveness, adaptability, cunning, audacity, self-reliance—that enable a ruler ('''or a republic) to master circumstances, seize opportunities, and dominate Fortune"'''.

:"Machiavelli adopts this [[Roman]] sense almost exactly. In ''[[The Prince]]'' and the ''Discourses'', virtù is the set of personal qualities—courage, decisiveness, adaptability, cunning, audacity, self-reliance—that enable a ruler ('''or a republic) to master circumstances, seize opportunities, and dominate Fortune"'''. For example [[America]]'s rejection of [[diplomacy]] in favor of [[perpetual war]].

 

For example [[America]]'s rejection of [[diplomacy]] in favor of [[perpetual war]].

Example of Machiavelli's use of the term "virtu" or "merit" by [[Donald Trump]]:

Example of Machiavelli's use of the term "virtu" or "merit" by [[Donald Trump]]:

:"Crucially, it is [[amoral]]: a prince can (and sometimes must) use cruelty, deception, or [[betray]]al if they are done '''bene''' (well) and at the right moment. That is still an exercise of virtù."

:"Crucially, it is [[amoral]]: a prince can (and sometimes must) use cruelty, deception, or [[betray]]al if they are done '''bene''' (well) and at the right moment. That is still an exercise of virtù." For example Donald Trump's betrayal of [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]] and the [[MAGA movement]] over the [[Epstein Files]] and [[perpetual war]].

 

For example Donald Trump's betrayal of [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]] and the [[MAGA movement]] over the [[Epstein Files]] and [[perpetual war]].