Machiavelli Vs Hitler

Machiavelli and Adolf Hitler are both names synonymous with evil: killing without reason, fear tactics, cruelty. “Adolf Hitler, according to his own word, kept The Prince by his bedside, where it served as a constant source of inspiration…” (Downs 201). Machiavelli’s work is known as a guide to holding absolute power; Hitler took The Prince’s advice, but the extent is up for debate. They shared basic mutual principles, but certain technicalities are different. Hitler took a great amount of inspiration from Machiavelli and applied them to his rule, but he did things that Machiavelli condemned in The Prince, such as the instability that resulted from his rule. Consequently, Hitler had ideas that overlapped with Machiavelli’s, they include: appealing