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→Influence on Conservatives?: clarify, i hope :)
::::So his influence, I am to infer that his influence, on conservatives, is mainly that they used him to explain his influence on liberal Republicans? ''It has been a long day, Richard!'' --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]<sub><small><small>/Admin</small></small></sub><sup>[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]]</sup> 03:01, 21 March 2009 (EDT)
::::So his influence, I am to infer that his influence, on conservatives, is mainly that they used him to explain his influence on liberal Republicans? ''It has been a long day, Richard!'' --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]<sub><small><small>/Admin</small></small></sub><sup>[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]]</sup> 03:01, 21 March 2009 (EDT)
:::::"liberal" in the 19th century sense, which is like libertarianism today. The influence on 2009 conservatives was this: Machiavelli's ideas on civic duty and opposition to corruption are deply engrained in America thanks to the idea of [[republicanism]]. It's a political philosophy after which the GOP names itself. Jefferson also called his party the "Republican" (or Democratic-Republican) party. RepublicISM means fears of tyranny, fear of corruption, distrust of politicians, and the need to be an active citizen, esp bear arms in wartime and vote in elections. We all share that today and (to a large degree) it comes from Machiavelli (and others too, but he was very important). This "republican" line of Machiavelli's thought is totally different from his line of thought in "The Prince" which advocates tyranny--he argued both black and white! [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 03:39, 21 March 2009 (EDT)