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Read it more carefully. It's satire. Edit: I'm referring to "The Prince," not the list.
by byrneseyeview 19y ago
Read it more carefully. It's satire.
Edit: I'm referring to "The Prince," not the list.
- bharath 19y agoI didnt dispute that. Its still true.
- byrneseyeview 19y agoBut if you're looking at satire for clues about what to expect, you're already screwed. Catch-22 doesn't really tell you what the military is like; Liar's Poker doesn't tell you what being a trader is like; and The Prince pokes fun at idiot Borgias and their revoltingly clumsy politics.
- pg 19y agoI wonder how much it's really satire. You'd definitely be better off with their replacements than the original list.
- Alex3917 19y agoI think it's meant to be snarky, not satirical.
- dood 19y agoI'd go for 'tongue-in-cheek'. (not sure if that's largely an English phrase, or if there is a similar American term) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue-in-cheek http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue-in-cheek edit: oh, the book
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- yters 19y agoMachiavelli seems to have gone through a lot of trouble just to write a satire.
- davidw 19y agoWhich parts indicate that? BTW, the original is on line...cool! http://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Il_Principe http://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Il_Principe