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I've always thought that calling that kind of behaviour Machiavellian was like calling the creature Frankenstein.
Why?
Eseman-
I assumed tester was making the (ever so slightly hair-splitting) point that Machiavelli was a Renaissance SPAD, not a political leader, and that it's more appropriate to call Cummings Machiavellian than Bojo.
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Why?
Machiavelli is not the prince any more than Frankenstein is the creature. It's not a perfect analogy, since calling the behaviour "princely" is pretty vague unless you specify that you're talking about the kind of Prince described by Machiavelli.
itsbruce
gbj_tester
Machiavellian, although I've always thought that calling that kind of behaviour Machiavellian was like calling the creature Frankenstein.