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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]]. |
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| − | 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]]. |
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| − | For example Donald Trump's betrayal of [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]] and the [[MAGA movement]] over the [[Epstein Files]] and [[perpetual war]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:53, November 19, 2025
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". 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:
- "Crucially, it is amoral: a prince can (and sometimes must) use cruelty, deception, or betrayal 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.