I recently listened the podcast Our Fake History's two parter on Machiavelli and can recommend it as a nuanced look at his life and work. Most particularly, the

I recently listened the podcast Our Fake History's two parter on Machiavelli and can recommend it as a nuanced look at his life and work. Most particularly, the host points out the context that Machiavelli wasn't writing The Prince in a vacuum, it was likely intended to win him a job in the restored Medici government in Florence. And that the most brutal advice is specifically given as applying to rulers who have recently seized power through force of arms, not as applying to all rulers in all situations. https://ourfakehistory.com/index.php/season-5/episode-94-how-machiavellian-was-machiavelli-part-i/ https://ourfakehistory.com/index.php/season-5/episode-94-how...