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Machiavellianism also called (Political) Opportunism and Realism is a type of politics which primarily focuses on acquiring and maintaining political power from a "selfish" standpoint. In a way machiavellianism can be said to be an ideology focused entirely on the political concept of praxis, that being actions done for political gain.

It is important to note to two things: Firstly that machiavellianism is not as much the strict believes of Niccolo Machiavelli, but rather the recognition of the realities Machiavelli acknowledged; and secondly that machiavellianism can be found in any and all socio-political systems, be it feudal monarchy, corporate capitalism, a marxist-leninist one-party state and even anarchism.

History

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli more well known as just Niccolo Machiavelli was a Florentian diplomat as well as a writer and a philosopher.

Foundations

TBA

Personality

Machiavellianism is very much... machiavellian in his behaviour. Generally very manipulative in such.

He is known for speaking to crowds in Masks of whatever ideology's rhetoric he is using to get in power.

How to Draw

Machiavellianism's design is based on the Machiavelli Coat of Arms.

Draw a ball with eyes.
In Blue Draw a Cross on the ball.
Draw 4 needles pointing at the center of the cross.

And you're done!

Relationships

Status Quo ideologies love him, Non-Status Quo hate him. This is true no matter what ideologies those are.

Further Info

Texts

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
The Dictators Handbook: Why Bad Behaviour is Almost Always Good Politics by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom by James Burnham
Machiavelli and Us by Louis Althusser
Three Turning Points in Political Thought 2: Machiavelli by Isaiah Berlin

Wikipedia

Videos

What “Machiavellian” really means - Pazit Cahlon and Alex Gendler by TedEd
POLITICAL THEORY - Niccolò Machiavelli by The School of Life
The Rules for Rulers by CGP Grey
Death & Dynasties by Grey yet again

Gallery

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 Realism<br>
 Pure Praxis<br>
-Realpolitik|greatest_achievement = Getting into power|likes = Backstabbing, Lions, and Foxes|definition = Seeking Political Power without much concern for ideological and moral principles|book = [https://www.planetebook.com/free-ebooks/the-prince.pdf The Prince]|dislikes = Wolves, Being called a Furry}}'''Machiavellianism''' also called '''Opportunismball''' is an economically and culturally varied and usually authoritarian ideologyball.
+Realpolitik|greatest_achievement = Getting into power|likes = Backstabbing, Lions, and Foxes|definition = Seeking Political Power without much concern for ideological and moral principles|book = [https://www.planetebook.com/free-ebooks/the-prince.pdf The Prince]|dislikes = Wolves, Being called a Furry}}'''Machiavellianism''' also called (Political) '''Opportunism''' and '''Realism''' is a type of politics which primarily focuses on acquiring and maintaining political power from a "selfish" standpoint. In a way machiavellianism can be said to be an ideology focused ''entirely'' on the political concept of [[Polcompball Dictionary|praxis]], that being actions done for political gain.
-Machiavellianism can be simply described as the ideology of '''pure praxis''' seeking only to get more power through whatever means necessary with no concern with silly things like "theory" or "morals".
+It is important to note to two things: Firstly that machiavellianism is not as much the strict believes of Niccolo Machiavelli, but rather the recognition of the realities Machiavelli acknowledged; and secondly that machiavellianism can be found in ''any and all'' socio-political systems, be it [[File:Feud.png]][[Feudalism|feudal]] [[File:Monarch.png]][[Monarchism|monarchy]], [[File:Corp.png]][[Corporatocracy|corporate]] [[File:Cap.png]][[capitalism]], a [[File:ML.png]][[Marxism–Leninism|marxist-leninist]] [[File:UniParti.png]][[particracy|one-party state]] and even [[File:Awaj.png]][[anarchism]].
-Machiavellianism can exist and get by in effectively in any system, in [[Feudalism|Feudal]] [[Monarchism|Monarchy]] he is the court meister who is willing to kill anyone necessary to get as close as possible to the position of King, in a [[Democracy]] he is the establishment politician who "is the lesser of two evils" and the constant flip-flopper optimising his promises to get as much voters as possible, in [[Corporatocracy|Corporate]] [[Capitalism]] he is the ruthless businessman who sees no problem in intimidating and regulating the competition away.
+== History ==
+Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli more well known as just Niccolo Machiavelli was a Florentian diplomat as well as a writer and a philosopher.
+== Foundations ==
+TBA
 == Personality ==
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 == Further Info ==
-=== Books ===
+=== Texts ===
-* [https://www.planetebook.com/free-ebooks/the-prince.pdf The Prince] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli]
+* [https://www.planetebook.com/free-ebooks/the-prince.pdf The Prince] by Niccolo Machiavelli
 * [https://www.burmalibrary.org/docs13/The_Dictators_Handbook.pdf The Dictators Handbook: Why Bad Behaviour is Almost Always Good Politics] by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
-* ''The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom'' by James Burnham
+* [https://vdare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/The-Machiavellians-Defenders-of-Freedom-by-James-Burnham.pdf The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom] by James Burnham
+* [https://b-ok.org/book/888023/ff796b Machiavelli and Us] by Louis Althusser
+* [http://berlin.wolf.ox.ac.uk/lists/nachlass/machiavelli.pdf Three Turning Points in Political Thought 2: Machiavelli] by Isaiah Berlin
 === Wikipedia ===