About 500 years ago, Machiavelli offered some #leadership lessons for would-be dictators.

But based on his studies of the fall of the Roman Empire and Renaissance Florence, he also offered advice for people who wished to avoid a Machiavellian dictatorship – and any Americans reading it should take notes.

A political science professor from Tufts University breaks down a few things to take into consideration from Machiavelli:
https://theconversation.com/machiavelli-226434
#politics #USpolitics #history

500 years ago, Machiavelli warned the public not to get complacent in the face of self-interested charismatic figures

Renaissance philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli dissected the threats authoritarian figures pose to representative government.

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