500 years ago, Machiavelli warned the public not to get complacent in the face of self-interested charismatic figures

Image caption: Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli by Santi di Tito – Cropped and enhanced from a book cover found on Google Images. Image via Wikimedia (Public Domain). Article by Vickie B. Sullivan. The Conversation – June 5, 2024.

A United States president sought to remain in office after his term ended, maintains a worshipful following and has declared he will operate as a dictator only on “day one” if reelected. His cunning and manipulation of American politics and its legal system have, so far, blocked efforts to hold him accountable. That sort of activity has been called “Machiavellian,” after Renaissance writer Niccolò Machiavelli, […]

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