Niccolo Machiavelli's The Qualities Of The Prince

When examining 21st century politics one is met with numerous blunders, idiotic and laughable world leaders, Donald Trump’s hair, and continuous wars in the Middle East. Despite this the world is considered to be in relative peace when compared to previous ages in recorded human history. In “The Qualities of the Prince” by Niccolo Machiavelli, the ideal prince is described as ruthless and willing to eschew conventional morality to maintain his power, but can the same ideals be held in today’s political world? Machiavelli finds ruthlessness, and deviousness, acceptable and are even praises them as marks of a great leader, where in the 21st century, these qualities would be greatly frowned upon and would probably have the individual branded as a dictator. But simply because it is frowned upon does not mean it doesn’t work, does it? Is this type of mindset still practiced today,and in what type of situations would ends justify the means in today's political world. According to Machiavelli, a prince needs to be both clever and fortunate to acquire power. The conflicting interests of nobility and the common
As discussed in the passage, a prince needs to treat nobles differently, based on how they swear fealty to them, if not fealty then there prosperity should be tied to the prince. In Machiavellie’s point of view to be independent from the prince means one of two things, from lack of courage, and therefore your forfieting your self to be used as a tool for the prince or, you have your own ends and ambitions in mind. In this case, the prince must be wary of them as potential enemies. The political leaders of today's world are…. less ambitious. Because of the massive backlash of two world wars, and the nuclear incentives that are in play, they are less open about using others for political gain, and are more heedful of making enemies as they could