Criticism of Machiavelli

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Might makes right, necessity knows no law, the end justifies the means is not always successful and true principle.
Men are not always ad and born bad.
If man is not wholly good, he is not wholly bad either.
The prince cannot be hypocrite at the long time. Once it could be disclosed and revolution could easily be invited.
Machiavelli himself was a power-monger and he made his prince the same which could spoil the state, people and all.
Only force is not the weapon to rule the people so his idea was psychologically weak.
There should be to some extent the moral values in politics. They cannot be separated totally.
His claim of his method based on history and reason does not seem as used by him. It seems controversial.
He is the forerunner of the theory of nation state.
Plato: Emphasis on City State
Cicero: Emphasis on Universal State
Machiavelli: Emphasis on Nation State

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