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> It was most definitely written to confirm the Medici’s biases and stroke some egos Yes, that is the opposite of satire.
by bazoom42 3y ago
> It was most definitely written to confirm the Medici’s biases and stroke some egos
Yes, that is the opposite of satire.
- mikrl 3y agoNot necessarily. Machiavelli certainly seems the type to play to the Medicis while simultaneously showing them up in a subtle manner. Did he believe what he wrote in the Prince was noble or just? Probably not, based on his democratic tendencies. Imagine if you wrote a send-up of Silicon Valley VCs (for example) and tried to be subtly ridiculous about it, but they took your work extremely well and even applied it. Is that not the most successful and hilarious satire of all?