"how do you deal with the Machiavellian people without turning into one of them?" I think to be aware of the possibly modes of power play and betrayal people a

"how do you deal with the Machiavellian people without turning into one of them?" I think to be aware of the possibly modes of power play and betrayal people avail themselves of, and to guard yourself against them, does not imply that you have to use them against innocents.