TRIVIUM BOOK REVIEW:
In 1513, Machiavelli wrote his famous book "The Prince". It was written as a "practical guide for rulers". His target audience was one man. Lorenenzo de' Medici, the most influential financier of his time in Florence Italy.
The Medici family pioneered the use of the double-entry bookkeeping ledger, a major financial innovation at the time. They grew so wealthy as a result, they were able to fund the Renaissance movement, and eventually take control of the Holy Roman Empire. Before the Rothschilds, there were the Medici.
"The Prince" offers an insightful methodology that elite people use to this day for control. Understand it and you can better interpret today's geopolitical environment with more clarity.
Machiavlli popularized the "Might makes Right" principle in this book. But there are other take aways that you can use in your own life.
The movie A Bronks Tail has a great scene talking about a passage in the Prince. The mobster is asked "is it better to be Loved or feared?". His answer was almost a direct quote: "its best to be both, but that is difficult. If you have to chose, being feared is better." -we are here ...
I give the book a 5 star rating and categorize it as a "must read".
Trivium note on grammar: being simultaneously loved and feared could be defined as being "respected". Respect is both earned (loved), and imposed (feared). We love and fear God at the same time...i grew up both loving and fearing my parents.
Maybe we should open our minds to other dichotomies ?
GN nostr.
