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[-] nesc@lemmy.cafe 166 points 11 months ago

That's what machiavellian distills into - cold pragmatism and disregard of morality. So his turn from okay guy that wanted his family to stop with illegal shit into someone much worse than his father was portrays it perfectly.

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 56 points 11 months ago

Exactly. Machiavellian doesn't mean galaxy brain.

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Unscrupulous is only one of the definitions.

Cunning and scheming are the other two. The Prince detailed how to gain and hold power.

It wasn't a book that said immediately shoot everyone to solve all your problems.

So the original author was expecting violence in Godfather 2 but with more planning.

[-] nesc@lemmy.cafe 6 points 11 months ago

You gain and hold power by killing people you don't like, look at any dictator that ever dictatored. ๐Ÿ™ƒ

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Again, yes you kill people. You don't just kill everyone immediately without a plan. Even Pol Pot had a plan.

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