True strength is looking the person in the eye who's wronged you and wishing them all the best. It's having the capacity to harm, but *intentionally avoiding* inflicting harm.
“Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me.” -Al Capone
"If you're harmless, you're not virtuous you're just harmless. If you on the other hand have the capacity to be a monster, but you choose not to be - then you're virtuous." - Kermit the frog
If ones values were so great, they’d never need harm or kill others for them to begin with... Note *Kermit the frog is an abstract. Who is the actual person who sourced that quote?
Everyone quote the "it's better to be feared than loved" without quoting the complete sentence wich is: "It is better to be feared than to be loved, if one cannot be both, but avoid being hated at all costs".
@@patienceobongo And a bully will never be respected by a good man but a bunch of cowards that will kiss his ass. A good man that doesn't kiss the ass of a bully that wants to be respected is a real man from my view. Jesus calls those bullies hippocrites if they claim to hear from God but treat their own sons like shit.
@@smtandearthboundsuck8400Even worse, he is abused. Lots of people posing as good guys and promoting the most horrible agendas in the name of the greater good™.
@@patienceobongoYou get shoved into and have ‘jokes’ played upon you if your Liked. Everyone is on high alert, nervous and know not to be a ‘Hero’ with you if you are Respected.
I do it for guiltrip. I genuinely find it funny when i play nice to people who's bad to me, i give them a sense of guilt and if they don't they're people who'll judge that person for me. I find it entertaining to see others judge them for they're behavior. And well I'm just the victim. It's not rewarding them, it's a subtle way of revenge
There's nothing wrong with being a nice person. Not being able to stand up for yourself and not setting boundaries when someone treats you badly is wrong.
F the world and those middle fingers we see on the side of the road painted is a Machiavellian perception rising in people's mind for the distaste of anything. 😅
scott williams Ha ha ha You are welcome Scott Any time, keeps me On my toes thinking Them up. 😍 By the way thank you I'm not familiar with Mark Twain I shall look him up. 🇬🇧
@@whoistheOneOutTheBoxYou can’t control other people thoughts and don’t waste your time trying to, just do your own thing some will like you some won’t, other will hate you and the rest won’t give a fcuk either way
Interviewer: You practice violence but preach peace. How do you reconcile the two ? Bruce Lee: I’d rather be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war.
I only stopped being a victim when I learned five things very late in life: 1) People will instantly manipulate you without conscience if they think you're a "nice guy". And women will subconsciously test you to see if you're a "nice guy" (i.e., a rejected prospect who can't protect them) or a good man, who is capable of protecting them, by trying to bully or manipulate you. Even the "nice" girls will do that. How do you pass this test? By being willing to stand up to them, and saying "No", and being willing to walk away, without being an asshole about it and without looking back. Eventually, if you Ever had a chance with them, they will come back to you, as you have proven you are capable of standing up for yourself (and thus capable of standing up for them). Women may be completely unconscious they are even doing this. 2) Learning how to be instantly willing to give someone a bloody nose without guilt, if I need to. After I learned how to do this, I stopped needing to actually do it, as potential bullies sense you are willing and capable of doing it. 3) Everyone is a potential bully. Including you. It's just a human fact of survival. Always be aware of that fact, and be willing to check it in yourself and others, even if they're someone you love. 4) Stop being a "nice guy". You're being a nice guy because you expect to be rewarded for being a nice guy, which is hypocrisy, and women hate that. A "nice guy" is actually a hypocrite, because he expects a reward for being "nice". Women know what you're doing, and will never reward your niceness, but are willing to take advantage of you in every way and feel they are justified because you're being "nice" for false reasons (i.e., in order to get something from them). 5) Stop needing approval from anyone. The people who have the most given to them are people that need other people the least. People sense a person in need, and it automatically repels them, because they think you have nothing to give. If they sense you have no need of them, they automatically are attracted to you, because they think you must have a lot in your life not to need them. This is why you see so many women devoted to real bastards that have nothing to give, because they at least don't seem needy. You don't actually have to Be a bastard. You just have to be capable of being a bastard without guilt, when confronted with bastards. And you have to learn to recognize bastards, conmen, grifters, etc., so you can protect yourself without guilt. I think that is the point that Machiavelli was making.
I always laugh when people think being nice is weak! It’s the most effective method of all time. Don’t draw too much attention to yourself until it’s time to strike
This is not a summary of Machiavelly but a simple demonstration that you have failed to understand anything. The point is that Machiavelly was not advising anyone to be evil when not needed but he was advising to do bad thing when neccesary so even to harm innocent people if you need to do so to win a war. So reserve honor not for the honorable but for when you can afford to do so.
David Arnott your explanation may be in good will and somewhat in line with ideas in the video, but it is definitely not an accurate summary of the ideology. The point is fulfill your duty as a force of goodness, by whatever means is clearly necessary - including forgoing what one's reservation for goodness is entirely, but while still maintaining one's willful sense of good in any situation. Easier said than done for many people. Being good is easy; one needs true cunning to do the right "morally-wrong" things in the name of good without mucking it up. The extra effort is absolutely worth it though
@José Flores Marcus Aurelius hammers on about that you should only focus on what you control which are your thoughts and actions. It means that you should only care about that you are behaving in a way that earns you your own respect. "If you learn that someone is speaking ill of you, don't try to defend yourself against the rumours; respond instead with, 'Yes, and he doesn't know the half of it, because he could have said more'." "When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you." "Say to yourself in the early morning: I shall meet today ungrateful, violent, treacherous, envious, uncharitable men. All of these things have come upon them through ignorance of real good and ill... I can neither be harmed by any of them, for no man will involve me in wrong, nor can I be angry with my kinsman or hate him; for we have come into the world to work together..." So basically, you shouldn't care about whether someone respects you or not, that's their thing to decide. You have only care about how you behave and what you think. Which he says with these quotes "The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." "When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love." "You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." "Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them." "If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it." "Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one."
@@BboyKeny If everyone practice what you said most of the violence, Harrassment, abuse, anger for nothing, back stabbing, retaliation, divorce, etc would stop. This is my philosophy also for decades. I am not religious, but I follow God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Yep, I don't expect to be treated nicely or respectfully by anyone, because you never will know what's in the mind of humans. I treat a human according to how I want to be treated and all humans know good treatment from bad, good people from bad, good workers from bad, it up to them how long I stick around.
Actually what some people think was a defeat on the cross, was actually the bigges vitory ever: "He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross." Colosians 2:15. And in another portion of Scripture says "if you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame. Believe here it means not just trust in him but also give your life to him through repentance.
I certainly agree that there is a lot to learn from evil people. Yet we should never overlook Nietzsche’s warning: “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” Thanks for the videos 🖖
Wafflepudding It is never a good idea to have only “one” guide; as it is proven by countless destructions conducted by the people who think they have the “one final answer for all”!🖖
Yes! This needs to be seriously upbumped. Machiavelli is indeed self-liberating in a sense, but this line of thinking, if solitary pursued, is most definitely a path to an unempathic self-righteousness. All things worth pursuit are only so when in balance with those that are likewise.
Huginn Bodgaedir The meaning of the quote is that everyone has a course of action planned out until violence breaks out and then fight or flight kicks in. You don’t learn what you’re made of until you face adversity. Like getting punched in the face.
“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.” ― Friedrich W. Nietzsche
@@klowen7778 True its just a tempting path to take. I'm not sure if this applies to everyone but I assure you good people get joy/pleasure/happiness from being good.However good people also have a need to hold themselves to high standards. So if a good person is kind,virtuous ,merciful etc but no one is helped from them in the thoughts of good people its normal to question how is such a person any different from a selfish one in the eyes of a good person. After all in the end both people ignore the suffering of others for their own happiness. Therefore since good people have self sacrifice tendencies they'd rather sacrifice their own morality and bear the guilt to help others.Then since they think that the guilt is reducing the efficiency at which they help others they choose to justify their actions and try not to feel guilt to increase the efficiency of helping others. People might think that people that choose to commit atrocities in the name of the greater good think of themselves higher than others when in truth it comes from one putting oneselves below others.
@@farhanishraqifti1489 Oh yeah, or as the great Richard Feynman used to say, "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool."
And right there is the problem Maybe In the beginning If she had made her expectations clearer Maybe he could have realised His expectations would Never be met
The main issue being, kindness is a luxury only the strong can afford. If you are not strong, you are also not being kind, because you have no other option.
There has been an experiment with IA playing games (source: Bernard Werber, Encyclopédie du savoir relatif et absolu). It has been shown that the most effective strategy is cooperation (I play nice), reciprocity (if you are bad to me, I will fight back) and forgiveness (if you start playing nice, I will cautiously do it too).
A big part of this is knowing the tricks of your enemies. That doesn't mean you need to use them and become like them, but more so being able to identify when they are using those tricks.
I'm paraphrasing Jordan Peterson: Let's not confuse being harmless with being virtuous. If you're too weak/scared to do damage, you are not virtuous, you're just harmless. If you're capable of doing serious damage and you're a force to be reconned with, then you can be virtuous by not doing damage when not necessary. If you are harmless, that's the problem you should be solving. You need to grow teeth, otherwise you're just going to grow resentful as the world runs you over.
I also think being nice is not to be confused with being run over. Principles are great but you need to be able to have exceptions within reason. Only go as far as necessary to protect yourself and your community and exhaust all other options first, but don't let yourself be beaten.
“He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
So many people get Machiavelli wrong. Machiavelli is all about situational action, not about keeping a constant rulers personality. You should be nice when the situation calls for it, and you should be ruthless when the situation calls for that too. Machiavelli would never advise you to be "machiavellian" as the word means today all the time, he would say that in some cases that would make sense, others you should be as nice as Sanata. He simply was trying to introduce "relativity" into politics that older classical philosophers who believed you should always be good or riteous didn't understand.
"You should be nice when the situation calls for it, and you should be ruthless when the situation calls for that too." Well said. Donald Trump did not win by being a Nice-Guy. You can clearly see this in the UA-cam videos titled, "Trump's best insults". However, Donald Trump can be a nice-guy depending on the circumstances. He is a nice-guy whenever he associates with people who want what is good for America.
jak daniles by doing bad things and thinking in evil ways you adapt a new persona of your self that you didn't know it existed There is good and evil in every one of us If you start feeding your inner evil it will grow and get too big for you to know when to switch it on and off
yeah he was basically a historian if you read the Prince. He talked about how Rome and Alexander etc dealt with things, what worked, why. What didn't and why. This video is fucking garbage that probably sounds intelligent to people who have never read Machiavelli because this clown has an English accent.
And if you hate your enemie because the way your enemie doing things, letting your enemie too successful may create more potential enemies because of others start to think learn from your enemie is a good way to be successful.
@@hulleciiibowsz1214 He never said what being a man is dude. He said an honest man. You can be a piece of crap coward that's honest, or a truthful knight warrior - what brings wealth is deception and callousness for others. How do I need to explain this metaphor to you?
Because they didn't comprehend the video, and they lack the intelligence to realize that their quotes have nothing to do with the message from Machiavelli. Same goes for all those who upvoted the irrelevant quotes.
my friend if you go to war with that mindset, you will never win. During world war two the Allies committed many untold atrocities to free Europe from the Nazi's. Really in the end its the outcome everybody focused on, nobody discussed the utter annihilation of the city of Dresden in Germany.
Tuko just because nobody discussed them or nobody remembers them, that doesn't mean that it didn't happen, or that it wasn't horrible in it's own right.
The main purpous was to be effective. Christianity wasn't known throughout the world by only dreaming, but taking initiative into what had to be done for the greater good.
***** They did what had to be done, however people's faith has gotten weaker and we have become spoiled even with our blessings we continue to polute our planet.
Unfortunately this is so true. Look at the world leaders and dictators and how many of them are evil. They didn’t make it to the top because they are nice. Even where I work I have seen this. I work for a large corporation and I had one boss who was super nice guy, great team member player, never called in sick, rarely took vacation, and was one of most technologically talented and had a Masters degree and he was laid off. Why? He didn’t play the, game, didn’t network or form alliances, and didn’t plot/scheme, maybe you can say he was naive not to. On the other hand 2 of the worst people i have ever worked with that I have zero trust with have been promoted within the same company. You can be nice but don’t be naive. You need to learn who the evil people are and take steps to protect yourself. I had one horrible boss who often tried to make me look bad telling me to do something but then denying it when her boss didn’t like it. I saved all the mean emails and messages so when she came after me I had evidence to defend myself which ultimately led to her demotion. In this world simply doing your job well isn’t enough you also need to find out who is evil and know how to defend against them.
Don't be nice, don't be nasty, just be, as appropriate. If you are not doing it as appropriate, but too nice or too nasty, then there is likely a root issue unrelated. Sometimes, what may feel in your heart as cruel today, perhaps regardless of reality, saves a thousand tears tomorrow.
@MishTheMash you seemed to have missed the point. It means that even if you want to have a humble and mild manner, you need to occasionally muster the courage to venture outside of your comfort zone to deal with uncomfortable situations in order to grow and show that your gentle nature is not a weakness. We ascribe a lot of high qualities to lions and I don't think it's a healthy ideal to strive for every day. No matter how amazing the view is, it's lonely at the top. No shame in being a lamb if you know when to be a lion.
@@joshi897 ...If being a lamb is so good, then why strive to be a lion at all? Surely living by example is the litmos test to what is of real value? My point was that: lambs are lambs, they spent so long 'being lambs' that even if they tried they could never 'become a lion'. That's kinda the point of the video; it's better to be feared than loved, but if you can be both; and that we often use virtue as an excuse for weakness. I suppose I would rephrase Chappelle's words to be: You don't always have to be the Lion that you are, sometimes you can lie down with the lambs.
It’s only a nice way to justify that at some point for some material advantage, you are right to betray what you believe in. It. Just a way of sweetening the reality that was corrupted at some point. This whole video presents Machiavelli as if he held some absolute truth. He knew this, he knew that, is repeatedly stated.
That statement is truly shallow and misplaced. I am NOT the sum of what I have achieved. That implies that material gain is the only success in life, you are here for a short time, then you die. You can’t take anything with you, nothing, not even your name or memories. Sounds to me that Machiavelli was just a self serving asshole.
@@Neil1957- your actions and inactions matters, its not just about material things, if you want a good marriage or a good relationshionship with your kids you cant just think about it, you have to make it happen. You have to build and maintain those relationships. Same with everything else. You are the one who immeadiatly went to material gains.
I have always thought that The Prince is one of the most misunderstood books of all time. It’s a fascinating little book with dozens of practical advices
@@skepticynic5150 you know, when failing to make the lightbulb he said something like "I haven't failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work" ;)
You nailed it bro. This video has been like grasping at straws for me,otherwise being a nice guy ,i was stuck and could end up suffocating being victim of these bastards.
What is it with all these fake quotes? What Lincoln actually said was: 'Not every quote you find on the internet is true'. Do you your homework, Kermos!
@@adorablerepresentativem.co6036 The problem with internet is that you can't see if someone is being sarcastic lol 😂😂😂 for doing so you need to see facial expressions. Or the sarcasm is just obvious. But what is obvious for someone is not obvious for someone else
"Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you." -The Light, The Truth
I have read the book in Greek. The translation was of high quality with comments and footnotes, so the reader can gain a deeper understanding of the text. Translators don't get the credit they deserve. It's an activity that demands knowledge, research and great creativity.
People aren't getting the point of this video. No, he's not saying we have to be mean assholes. He's saying we should focus less on our good intentions and more on how to FULFILL those intentions. Be assertive, and don't let people walk all over you. You can still be a "nice" person and be successful if you are willing to put yourself first. "How to Win Friends and Influence People" is quite machiavellian but guess what? You don't "win friends" by being mean.
Bullcrap. It is exactly what Machiaveli meant. You cannot "fight" an evil with an intent to kill with mere pacifism. Real world here. You definitely win friends by being mean. Think back to your highschool experience. The point he made was simple. Be nice if you want. But don't be too nice. That means mix in a little bit of a dickhead into that niceness every now and again. Apply the same methods your enemies do, because apparently, end justifies the means. Truth is, there is about enough nice people that you can number them on your fingers. The regular number of fingers, not the genetic Yankee defect number of fingers. Putting yourself first means being selfish. Being selfish isn't being nice. He was saying don't be nice all the time. *mic drop*
Alanna Carlson you dont won friends at all. Friends arent something you have to earn with hard work. And actually "finishing last" is the better life style in my opinion. How else can you do it better than those before you? This video os making the assumption that winning and being rich and having thing is a good life but in fact thats a selfish life.
It's ONLY because "Nice Guys" are NICE .... and that's all. Be NICE with WISDOM. Read up on words of Wisdom. The Book of Proverbs, etc. Also know that Oil & Water don't mix. YOU have the POWER. So if a woman wants oil, give em oil. Just DON'T stay in that too long. That's Right, HIT IT & QUIT IT ! But YOU find someone with interest simular to yours. QUIT being intimidated of beautiful women.There is a such thing as a good pimp. Confidence & Conservation ! Your appearance, your talkgame, the way you carry yourself. If it don't get women, THEN CHANGE IT !
People always overcorrect. Don't go to extremes, just be balanced. That way you don't deny yourself unless it is harmful. Do no harm, but don't be a pushover. Be willing to fight for honor but not for pride.
You make it sound as if it was so easy to do! Its NOT as easy as it sounds, friend! We have lots of blind spots and lots of harsh critics! These are the main reasons, i believe, we tend to veer towards the extremes. You are right, balance is key, but it takes a lifetime for most of us to learn to get it right.
"...youve been living in a dream world Luke...but if you take the red pill you wake up from the dream and we will see how far this rabbit hole really goes." - Obi wan Kenobi
A lot of people just want to become balanced. Adopt a philosophy of charity if naturally too selfish or enlightened self interest if too caring. The fact that there are other reasons to adopt these types of philosophies adds enough noise to hide your true intentions (even from yourself).
You know whats even worst? This will never end. They allready got us affraid and lookdown in our houses giving them all the power. Why would they let go of us?
@@notname4414 but if we let everyone out with no precautions or preventions the numbers will obviously rise and our health system will be over run. Do you seriously think the governments want to pay people not to work and to shrink there society’s economy.
Machiavelli is the kind of philosopher we need but don’t deserve. He cuts through the hypocritical word plays and euphemisms and unapologetically shows us the reality of the world.
@Alevator If you choose to adopt his philosophy, he does. What good comes from practicing, “by any means necessary”? It’s like giving stolen money to the poor. It may help them, temporarily, but it weakens the core value of not stealing. On the other hand, stealing from the greedy, unscrupulous criminal to better the lives of the poor seems to right a wrong.
Yes, indeed - but a despicable world that lacks wisdom. Find the truth in Seneca´s words instead. Or be warned: the game of power can be likened to Damokles who had a taste of the powerplay at court - tasting luxury combined with great and grave danger. Wisdom is not to look for luxuries but live a creative and loving live if in contact with others - fine - if that´s not possible stay aloof and reclusive.
The problem with Machiavelli's principle is the underlying assumption that being successful in a temporary world is meaningful. Arnold Schwarzenegger's muscles were finely tuned when he was young to only have them wither. Building a statue to our hero's, only to have the Sun eventually destroy it. The work done on Earth ends up being in vein. The choice then becomes, in a vein world, is it better for all living things to live peacefully, dignified, and kind, or unleash the Hitler.
This is exactly what I've determined at work. More than one job supervisor told me I need to be more of an a-hole. I've had a business partner that was only proud of me when I cheated a customer. An older co-worker said that if he had to change fundamentally who he is to keep a job, he'll find another one. I've embraced that and it has served me better than having short-term success and thinking only of myself.
Look, watch the video again, and again. Then, you will get the point that is being made. The world will at some point make the nice guy confront a Hitler-like person. Only then, will the overtly nice guy realize that in order to stop this force of evil from conquering the world (which is also "vein"), he needs to become either as or more malicious than the evil force in order to preserve peace in a "vein" world. Vanity is the banalest of reasons not to do something. That means we should still be living in the stone age because every progress made to date is all futile.
@@bernardwongibe5118 I don't have to watch the video again, I learned about Machiavelli's principle in High School. Essentially there are no morals in war, the Machiavelli principle doesn't apply, and it wouldn't matter even if you did apply it, since it boils down to utter survival, where the ends is death. Machiavelli was addressing political, business and personal lives, in how better to succeed rather than fail. He reasoned the end results justifies the means, he never mentioned war nor did he even imply to use it during war.
Each to their own on that one. Confucius said if one goes down the path of Revenge they might as well carry 2 coffins with them. The Bible also says Vengeance is for God to deal with
Here is the tragicomic story that had taught me this lesson: I had this neighbour downstairs who would listen to techno music all day long, louder than you could ever imagine! And if there is one thing on earth I would pay a fortune for, it is SILENCE and there was absolutely no more silence and peace for me at home. It was a nightmare. So one day I knocked at his door and said: -What can WE do about it? Could you use headphones may be? And if you don't have headphones can I buy you one? He said, oh yes you can. And he told me about these fancy wireless headphones he would like to have. So the very same day I went to a store and got them for him. A couple of days had passed. And the music got back. The worst thing is that you not only hear the bass, but the floor under your feet vibrates all the time...There is no way you can concentrate on anything... So I went downstairs again. He asked me if I had wireless Internet connection. I said yes. So he said: - Oh so you can give me your password and I can use it too. So I DID give him that password. The music got a little lower the following days, but it was still really loud!! He said he was using the headphones, but of course not all the time. And now he was using my Internet connection too! He also asked me if I could give him free guitar lessons. And once again I said yes!!! Well this is really as stupid as you can get in an obsession of solving any problem in a peaceful, generous and kind way. It is not only stupid and ineffective, but it is definitely PATHOLOGICAL too! So despite everything I offered in return, nothing has changed. Then one day, a friend of mine came by. It was very late at night when the music started again. I said to my friend: - You see this is what I mean... My friend stood up and jumped on the floor three times! This is an old building and it sounds like an earthquake if you do that. And the music stopped immediately! My friend achieved in THREE SECONDS what I couldn't achieve in six months with all the kindness I could imagine to offer! And the saddest thing about it is that even if I lived here for a 100 years, it would have never ever occurred to me, to jump here to show how angry I was. Such a solution was "out of my imagination". I wish I knew Machiavelli back then...I am really NOT happy to have learnt this lesson. But unfortunately we must sometimes force ourselves to speak a language that we don't want to speak, if it is the only language the other person understands. Otherwise we will never get our message across...
Hello again Obikanaka! How funny... I never thought about it this way. Well, but that guy was not serving any noble cause greater than himself you know.... He basically didn't care about anybody else. Thank God he moved out, so don't know how he is doing. But he may have learnt something.... Thanks for your message! Have a nice weekend:-)
Hola Alex! Yes, yes.... seriously. When I look back I can't believe either how stupid I have been...But thank God he is gone now and my new neighbour is a wonderful and very silent ( !!) woman. Gracias por leer. Un abrazo:-)
@ Lua. This was a great story. Thank you for taking the time to post it. There are many lessons to be learnt here. I have stopped domestic violence perpetrated by my neighbours on two separate occasions by a similar method. Every time the verbal abuse started I banged on a BBQ kettle lid like a gong. After a couple of times my neighbours worked out that I could hear them abusing their children and the screaming stopped just like magic!
This is a very dangerous road to tread on. It encourages people who merely think their goals are noble and virtuous to use violence, intimidation, deception and lies to achieve these goals. We have to keep in mind that despicable people are not only despicable because of their ends but also because of their means. Someone who murders for a supposedly good cause is only a hint better than someone who does the same for a bad cause. Who has the authority to decide what is so good or so bad that it legitimizes the use of e.g. violence for resp. against it anyway? Who dares to put himself up to be the ultimate moral arbiter to decide over other people's lives, not to mention their deaths, in the name of the "greater good" except for incredibly egomaniacal personalities?
You hit the nail on the head, OP. No one has such authority. The content creators fail to challenge Machiavelli's assumption that rulership is needed in the first place
In the war against Hitler deception and murder were used. Are you saying the allies were wrong for that? They should have only used rubber bullets and sought to capture enemies and then jail them instead of killing them?
dothedeed If you're replying to me, I was referring to more recent events, e.g. UC Berkeley, when people resort to violence against their political opponents in a democratic state. I think we can all agree that violation of basic human rights does legitimize one to use more effective means, but if and only if that's the case and it's still arguable to what extent.
Hmmm. I think hate is a good thing. Anger clouds your judgement not hate. I don't think there is anything wrong with hating bad ideas and the people that propagate them.
There are some people who think you have to hate them in order to shoot them. I don’t think you do. It’s just business.” James Mattis, former US Secretary of Defense
Also bible: Treat others like you want to be treated. Reverse: If you treat other badly, expect them to treat you badly. So doesn't it mean God gives license to treat bad people badly - even when you consider yourself a good person?
C i'm quite sure you're taking that quote out of context. In this passage, Jesus is calling his disciples to go out and tell the Jews of the Gospel. he's warning them to be careful of the council people of the synagogue's because they will torture (he uses flog) and most likely kill the disciples. So Jesus is not calling his disciples to be deceitful but to avoid those that want to harm them.
Jonas Br Yes, maybe the context Jesus said it in was for that situation, but If you analyze the word, It's pretty much is the same thing From the Prince's message. Don't be evil but know how they work and use it to your benefit. In modern words, "Don't be so stupid and innocent in our intent to be too nice"
Here's an intriguing possibility --- there's some evidence (in the Bible and elsewhere) that Jesus was a Buddhist who with the help of his prison guard feigned death with some near-death invoking herb and then escaped the crucifixion (you know, like the Bible says, he wasn't in the tomb a couple days after they came looking for his body) and ended up in Kashmir (where there exists to this day a sect of Christian Buddhists who claim to have stupa with his ashes) and lived to a ripe, old age of 80. If true the lesson is --- as you and the Bible says: outwit them! (Admittedly easier said than done)
As a retired world history professor there were 3 books I gave my students to read for their assignment for the term. They only had to give an oral presentation to pass. Machiavell's The Prince, Sun Tzu's The Art of War, and John Adams, In The Defence of The Constitutions of the United States of America. And yes Constitutions is plural. This is a very good and correct channel. Kudos.
Being nice or having principles does not make you weak. Not knowing what to do when people take advantage of your principles does.
Principles*
Ricky Austin thanks
True strength is looking the person in the eye who's wronged you and wishing them all the best. It's having the capacity to harm, but *intentionally avoiding* inflicting harm.
@B Roli I'm a woman. Try not to be a sheeple your entire life.
People are not stupid and will notice sooner or later that you are lying at them and manipulating them. So at the long term you always lose.
“Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me.” -Al Capone
Nice quote. That mean they who had hurt him will die soon
@@stonecold007 Big Al was a wise man!
nice one, thanks
Yes,- JBPeterson: Integrate your shadow and true self and Don't be harmless.
600hunndy
"If you're harmless, you're not virtuous you're just harmless. If you on the other hand have the capacity to be a monster, but you choose not to be - then you're virtuous."
- Kermit the frog
Thanks JP
Lobster King has spoken
@@jorgefigueroa2231 miss him
If ones values were so great, they’d never need harm or kill others for them to begin with...
Note *Kermit the frog is an abstract. Who is the actual person who sourced that quote?
@@72marshflower15 Jordan Petersen
Everyone quote the "it's better to be feared than loved" without quoting the complete sentence wich is: "It is better to be feared than to be loved, if one cannot be both, but avoid being hated at all costs".
Being respected is better than being liked.
Just like Nietzsche, Machiavel is terribly misunderstood by normies
@@patienceobongo And a bully will never be respected by a good man but a bunch of cowards that will kiss his ass. A good man that doesn't kiss the ass of a bully that wants to be respected is a real man from my view. Jesus calls those bullies hippocrites if they claim to hear from God but treat their own sons like shit.
@@smtandearthboundsuck8400Even worse, he is abused.
Lots of people posing as good guys and promoting the most horrible agendas in the name of the greater good™.
@@patienceobongoYou get shoved into and have ‘jokes’ played upon you if your Liked.
Everyone is on high alert, nervous and know not to be a ‘Hero’ with you if you are Respected.
"Just smile and wave boys, smile and wave"
-Skipper
This Barry Soetoro documentary is revealing
You reminded me of the greatness that is skipper
Wow just wow
Analysis Kowalski
@@m.draven477 were fucked
"If people throw stones at you, throw bread instead - with a grenade inside, of course."
- Fidel Gandhi
Don’t forget to pull the Pin.
This is like something out of Tropico
But they're just kids
"Make use of bread in war"
-Sun Tzu The Art of War.
@@dardoura "Oor people demand to wear waffles."
"Being nice to people who are bad to you doesn't change them into becoming nicer, you are rewarding them for their behaviour." - someone
That’s my quote!
"YES"
I do it for guiltrip. I genuinely find it funny when i play nice to people who's bad to me, i give them a sense of guilt and if they don't they're people who'll judge that person for me. I find it entertaining to see others judge them for they're behavior. And well I'm just the victim. It's not rewarding them, it's a subtle way of revenge
@@jim4736 me too
@@imyoubutbetter2807 luckily you'll won't end up doing this with a psychopath, as they literally are unable to be guilt-tripped.
There's nothing wrong with being a nice person. Not being able to stand up for yourself and not setting boundaries when someone treats you badly is wrong.
F the world and those middle fingers we see on the side of the road painted is a Machiavellian perception rising in people's mind for the distaste of anything. 😅
I agree! I stood up for my series when ideologues tried to subvert what I was trying to say in my series, The Pensuke Files!
i think what machiavelli meant is mostly people pleaser type of nice, not decent human type of nice
This has to do with a lot more than just standing up for yourself. This is about how to be an effective leader in this world.
Do not set yourself on fire to keep other warm
I set myself on fire to keep me warm
👏
@@juanreza6308 interesting
That's new
Juan Reza witty
Never put others as a priority when you are only an option to them
You are misquoting Mark Twain,
“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.”
Anthony Starfield
Pedantic or what ‼️
Lynda Dale ... Today I learned a new word, “pedantic.” Thank you Lynda. 😜
scott williams
Ha ha ha
You are welcome Scott
Any time, keeps me
On my toes thinking
Them up. 😍
By the way thank you
I'm not familiar with Mark Twain
I shall look him up. 🇬🇧
I like this; good advice.
Point of the story, don't let your kindness be taken for weakness and don't let anyone step on you.
BRO CODE...... UHHHH YEAHHHH
Sounds like the principles for the satanists of Anton lavey
You guys should read 'The Prince' by Machiavelli its a really good short read.
If you want to be kind, be strong first. Without power, your kindness don't mean squat. Without power, you can do nothing.
Then how do you avoid your kindness to be corrupted by this power?
"Its better to be feared than loved but avoid being hated at all cost." this is the best advice I heard in my life..
you can be feared loved and hated all at the same time
nah
@@whoistheOneOutTheBoxYou can’t control other people thoughts and don’t waste your time trying to, just do your own thing some will like you some won’t, other will hate you and the rest won’t give a fcuk either way
@@joaquimioakim229 i know bruh it was a joke
He's obviously joking. You stinky butt
Interviewer: You practice violence but preach peace. How do you reconcile the two ?
Bruce Lee: I’d rather be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war.
Was that before or after Lee was body slammed by Gene LaBell?
@@harrisonwintergreen1147 Pack up your confrontational divisiveness and take a hike. When shtf no one will want to be around you.
Lovely quote :) Thanks for sharing
@wmfivethree i think you dropped something on the groung ma nigga
I'm a bit stonned , did bruce lee like chinning people in gardens ?
"Don't be a simp" - Niccolo Machiavelli
Pokimane: delet this
@@horsenuggets1018 no
@@IRussian007 what
@@horsenuggets1018 What you mean "what"? I said "no" to whoever said "delete" the comment.
@@IRussian007 you don't know who Pokimane is?
I envy you
I only stopped being a victim when I learned five things very late in life:
1) People will instantly manipulate you without conscience if they think you're a "nice guy". And women will subconsciously test you to see if you're a "nice guy" (i.e., a rejected prospect who can't protect them) or a good man, who is capable of protecting them, by trying to bully or manipulate you. Even the "nice" girls will do that. How do you pass this test? By being willing to stand up to them, and saying "No", and being willing to walk away, without being an asshole about it and without looking back. Eventually, if you Ever had a chance with them, they will come back to you, as you have proven you are capable of standing up for yourself (and thus capable of standing up for them). Women may be completely unconscious they are even doing this.
2) Learning how to be instantly willing to give someone a bloody nose without guilt, if I need to. After I learned how to do this, I stopped needing to actually do it, as potential bullies sense you are willing and capable of doing it.
3) Everyone is a potential bully. Including you. It's just a human fact of survival. Always be aware of that fact, and be willing to check it in yourself and others, even if they're someone you love.
4) Stop being a "nice guy". You're being a nice guy because you expect to be rewarded for being a nice guy, which is hypocrisy, and women hate that. A "nice guy" is actually a hypocrite, because he expects a reward for being "nice". Women know what you're doing, and will never reward your niceness, but are willing to take advantage of you in every way and feel they are justified because you're being "nice" for false reasons (i.e., in order to get something from them).
5) Stop needing approval from anyone. The people who have the most given to them are people that need other people the least. People sense a person in need, and it automatically repels them, because they think you have nothing to give. If they sense you have no need of them, they automatically are attracted to you, because they think you must have a lot in your life not to need them. This is why you see so many women devoted to real bastards that have nothing to give, because they at least don't seem needy.
You don't actually have to Be a bastard. You just have to be capable of being a bastard without guilt, when confronted with bastards. And you have to learn to recognize bastards, conmen, grifters, etc., so you can protect yourself without guilt.
I think that is the point that Machiavelli was making.
Thanks very well said
One of the best comments on youtube
MaskedMarvyl *NAILS IT!*
@Chang Noi
Understanding something is about being able to describe it in your own words 😝
@Chang Noi this cracked me up, lol.
" Act nice, make your enemies think you are weak and then strike like a lightning bolt" - Sun Tzu, The Art of War
'Where strong, appear weak. Where weak, appear strong'
" Let your plans be dark and impenetrable like the night, and when you move, fall like a lightning bolt "
can u give me an example of the ‘attack’ i like your paragraph and i’m interested in hearing more
@@novaplayaread sun tzu book
"appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak"
Sun Tzu
I always laugh when people think being nice is weak! It’s the most effective method of all time. Don’t draw too much attention to yourself until it’s time to strike
@@thegeneral1297 I mean, deception is what certain armies won their wars
@@exudeku "the way of war is deception"
-Also Sun Tzu
@@horsenuggets1018
" when in doubt, whip it out; always flank em, then spank em' "
-Sun tzu
@@exudeku "pineapple belongs on pizza"
-Sun Tzu
In short - reserve honor for the honorable, kindness for the kind, and respect for the respectful
...and fucks for the...well...fucks...
David Arnott well said
This is not a summary of Machiavelly but a simple demonstration that you have failed to understand anything. The point is that Machiavelly was not advising anyone to be evil when not needed but he was advising to do bad thing when neccesary so even to harm innocent people if you need to do so to win a war. So reserve honor not for the honorable but for when you can afford to do so.
Light Layagajoie - ill reserve being a fanny for fannies like you :)
David Arnott your explanation may be in good will and somewhat in line with ideas in the video, but it is definitely not an accurate summary of the ideology. The point is fulfill your duty as a force of goodness, by whatever means is clearly necessary - including forgoing what one's reservation for goodness is entirely, but while still maintaining one's willful sense of good in any situation. Easier said than done for many people. Being good is easy; one needs true cunning to do the right "morally-wrong" things in the name of good without mucking it up. The extra effort is absolutely worth it though
"Do not expect respect, and you'll know no pain"
Marcus Aurelius.
@José Flores Marcus Aurelius hammers on about that you should only focus on what you control which are your thoughts and actions. It means that you should only care about that you are behaving in a way that earns you your own respect.
"If you learn that someone is speaking ill of you, don't try to defend yourself against the rumours; respond instead with, 'Yes, and he doesn't know the half of it, because he could have said more'."
"When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you."
"Say to yourself in the early morning: I shall meet today ungrateful, violent, treacherous, envious, uncharitable men. All of these things have come upon them through ignorance of real good and ill... I can neither be harmed by any of them, for no man will involve me in wrong, nor can I be angry with my kinsman or hate him; for we have come into the world to work together..."
So basically, you shouldn't care about whether someone respects you or not, that's their thing to decide. You have only care about how you behave and what you think.
Which he says with these quotes
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts."
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."
"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
"Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them."
"If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it."
"Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one."
@@BboyKeny I enjoyed this post. Well done.
"Bars"
Marcus Methodmanus
@@BboyKeny
If everyone practice what you said most of the violence, Harrassment, abuse, anger for nothing, back stabbing, retaliation, divorce, etc would stop.
This is my philosophy also for decades. I am not religious, but I follow God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Yep, I don't expect to be treated nicely or respectfully by anyone, because you never will know what's in the mind of humans. I treat a human according to how I want to be treated and all humans know good treatment from bad, good people from bad, good workers from bad, it up to them how long I stick around.
Tell it to a commander leading his troops into battle - see what he says - or does.
Actually what some people think was a defeat on the cross, was actually the bigges vitory ever: "He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross." Colosians 2:15. And in another portion of Scripture says "if you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame. Believe here it means not just trust in him but also give your life to him through repentance.
Powerful!! Amen to that !
Does your God require a human sacrifice? The first born maby?
I certainly agree that there is a lot to learn from evil people. Yet we should never overlook Nietzsche’s warning:
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
Thanks for the videos 🖖
That was Nietzsche
Wafflepudding It is never a good idea to have only “one” guide; as it is proven by countless destructions conducted by the people who think they have the “one final answer for all”!🖖
Yes! This needs to be seriously upbumped. Machiavelli is indeed self-liberating in a sense, but this line of thinking, if solitary pursued, is most definitely a path to an unempathic self-righteousness. All things worth pursuit are only so when in balance with those that are likewise.
Great quote.
That is a good quote to counter Machiavelli.
"i can't think of any quotes, sorry"
-me
deep
"i will think one for you"
-me
Man, thats deep
LOL! Made me smile.
"Hey, -great- lesser minds think a like, I can't think of any quotes either." - Me
"Everyone has a plan until they get hit in the face."
-Mike Tyson
@Huginn Bodgaedir that historically, violence has been a useful tool?
Huginn Bodgaedir
The meaning of the quote is that everyone has a course of action planned out until violence breaks out and then fight or flight kicks in. You don’t learn what you’re made of until you face adversity. Like getting punched in the face.
It means that you may have a plan but when you face reality, that plan might not be useful.
Yup, No plan survives contact with the enemy
@James Smith Make sure ya use in on the Enemy !
“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.”
― Friedrich W. Nietzsche
Yep, "The End justifies the Means" is a slippery slope indeed.
then die for your principles?
Amen. Thank you.
@@klowen7778 True its just a tempting path to take.
I'm not sure if this applies to everyone but I assure you good people get joy/pleasure/happiness from being good.However good people also have a need to hold themselves to high standards.
So if a good person is kind,virtuous ,merciful etc but no one is helped from them in the thoughts of good people its normal to question how is such a person any different from a selfish one in the eyes of a good person.
After all in the end both people ignore the suffering of others for their own happiness.
Therefore since good people have self sacrifice tendencies they'd rather sacrifice their own morality and bear the guilt to help others.Then since they think that the guilt is reducing the efficiency at which they help others they choose to justify their actions and try not to feel guilt to increase the efficiency of helping others.
People might think that people that choose to commit atrocities in the name of the greater good think of themselves higher than others when in truth it comes from one putting oneselves below others.
@@farhanishraqifti1489 Oh yeah, or as the great Richard Feynman used to say, "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool."
'You're just not the person I hoped you'd be."
- my wife.
“Take a wife for yourself. If you marry well, you will be happy. If you don’t, you will become a philosopher like me”
~ Ronald McDonald 🤡 😂
"A goodwife brings happiness. A bad one gives philosophy"
And right there is the problem
Maybe
In the beginning
If she had made her expectations clearer
Maybe he could have realised
His expectations would Never be met
Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man."
Probably you
@@davidinman3584 Well said David.
"All we had to do was to follow the damn train, CJ"
-Confucius
Kkkkkk
@@skitxez8912
Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
@@FoxyBoxery ahahah
ROFL
Horribly accurate
“While it is pleasant to meet girl in park, it may be more pleasurable to park meat in girl.”
-Confucius
That can’t be a real quote
AMEN
Aka Redd Foxx
Another great Confucius quote
@@popcat2875 see my reply
The main issue being, kindness is a luxury only the strong can afford. If you are not strong, you are also not being kind, because you have no other option.
Stop making excuses to justify your bad behaviour, when the real problem is that you lack self-confidence in my opinion.
But no one is born strong. You become strong by being ruthless and really wanting it.At least thats the most effective way.
we should embrace nice guys and rejected bad boys as we don't play their toxic society
It’s takes internally strength to turn all negatives into positives
There has been an experiment with IA playing games (source: Bernard Werber, Encyclopédie du savoir relatif et absolu). It has been shown that the most effective strategy is cooperation (I play nice), reciprocity (if you are bad to me, I will fight back) and forgiveness (if you start playing nice, I will cautiously do it too).
A big part of this is knowing the tricks of your enemies. That doesn't mean you need to use them and become like them, but more so being able to identify when they are using those tricks.
^
"Be ye wise as serpents and as harmless as doves."
Hi Marc. A subtle put-down from a passive-aggressive person goes like this. "What kind of trouble have you been getting into lately?" Cheers, P.R.
I can't get past the thought that this is the ultimate slippery slope.
@@markpritchard4901 Hi Mark. I reckon. Cheers, P.R.
I'm paraphrasing Jordan Peterson: Let's not confuse being harmless with being virtuous. If you're too weak/scared to do damage, you are not virtuous, you're just harmless. If you're capable of doing serious damage and you're a force to be reconned with, then you can be virtuous by not doing damage when not necessary. If you are harmless, that's the problem you should be solving. You need to grow teeth, otherwise you're just going to grow resentful as the world runs you over.
Thank you, love that quote
I also think being nice is not to be confused with being run over. Principles are great but you need to be able to have exceptions within reason. Only go as far as necessary to protect yourself and your community and exhaust all other options first, but don't let yourself be beaten.
Real talk. People often confuse weakness with kindness. And kindness as weakness.
This. This is the truth
Incredible quote by Peterson there. I wish someone had told me this when I was a teenager.
What I learned: "You can only be truly nice if you know how to be evil."
Just like how you can only truly be kind if you've been through pain
Thus proved by the protagonist of "YOU"
We'll file that one under, "know your enemy".
i mean yeah i understand the quote but i could technically pick up a knife and murder my family but i choose not to do that. does that make me nice?
makes sense.. you are truly nice if you know on how to be truly evil because you are aware and would choose on being nice
“He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster.
And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.”
-Friedrich Nietzsche
So many people get Machiavelli wrong. Machiavelli is all about situational action, not about keeping a constant rulers personality. You should be nice when the situation calls for it, and you should be ruthless when the situation calls for that too. Machiavelli would never advise you to be "machiavellian" as the word means today all the time, he would say that in some cases that would make sense, others you should be as nice as Sanata. He simply was trying to introduce "relativity" into politics that older classical philosophers who believed you should always be good or riteous didn't understand.
"You should be nice when the situation calls for it, and you should be ruthless when the situation calls for that too."
Well said. Donald Trump did not win by being a Nice-Guy. You can clearly see this in the UA-cam videos titled, "Trump's best insults". However, Donald Trump can be a nice-guy depending on the circumstances. He is a nice-guy whenever he associates with people who want what is good for America.
jak daniles by doing bad things and thinking in evil ways you adapt a new persona of your self that you didn't know it existed
There is good and evil in every one of us
If you start feeding your inner evil it will grow and get too big for you to know when to switch it on and off
yeah he was basically a historian if you read the Prince. He talked about how Rome and Alexander etc dealt with things, what worked, why. What didn't and why. This video is fucking garbage that probably sounds intelligent to people who have never read Machiavelli because this clown has an English accent.
Basically, Machiavelli argued that rulers need to be temporary sociopaths.
I agree with him.
Thank you.
Martyrs are loved, but they are dead. -Machiavelli
And so will you ;)
Cowards are alive, but Irrelevant.
@@EmperorThePro there is a fine line between admirable bravery and utter stupidity
@D'lish Donut he lived a full life, the goal is to live a full life
Immanuel T And everyone is going to die. So now what?
BEST ADVICE EVER:
"Be as NICE as one wishes but NOT overly devoted to acting nicely". takes few readings to REALLY grasp that wisdom.
1 Bad Jesus the problem arises when people identify as nice.
lol I've had a saying for a few years, "it's not nice to be not nice"
1 Bad Jesus I think I only need to read it once ty
1 Bad Jesus tank you for that man will keep that in mind
i didn't really gain anything from reading it again, can you share your experience please?
_"The best revenge is not to be like your enemy."_
- *Marcus Aurelius*
It is too philosophical
there is need to get clarity on what it means by " not to be like your enemy "
Is it though?
@@KolchaksGhost No. The best revenge is living well
And don't make your enemy successful enough to be envied by others (so others learn your enemy's methods)
And if you hate your enemie because the way your enemie doing things, letting your enemie too successful may create more potential enemies because of others start to think learn from your enemie is a good way to be successful.
"You're a disappointment"
-dad
"Because you made me"
-son
@@giampaolomannucci8281
Oop~
Lmao
At last! A true quote 🤣
Can't agree more
You aren't a disappointment.
“I'll never leave you"
Your ex GF
Damn..
I don't even have any gf
@@smirkdogeface looooser; or you may don't need any women?
bruh
@@ubersoldado yes bro😆
"The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man" - Napoleon Bonaparte
@@ThoughtCrimeCriminal lol
@@ThoughtCrimeCriminal damn bro XD
@@hulleciiibowsz1214 and u do?
@@hulleciiibowsz1214 He never said what being a man is dude. He said an honest man. You can be a piece of crap coward that's honest, or a truthful knight warrior - what brings wealth is deception and callousness for others.
How do I need to explain this metaphor to you?
Wow this is the same as in my culture where we are told lavish wealth can never be accumulated without sin
The world is lucky that I am quite content with my life 😊
"why are people quoting random quotes with no correlation to this video?"
-some guy on the internet
"Who cares?"
- some other guy on the internet
It was said like by brain in a vat
“ Ay caramba!!” -Bart Simpson-
Because they didn't comprehend the video, and they lack the intelligence to realize that their quotes have nothing to do with the message from Machiavelli. Same goes for all those who upvoted the irrelevant quotes.
they want to feel smart
“When a man learns to feel love, he must also bear the risk of feeling hatred."
-Madara Uchiha
Booo shut up you otaku weeb
Maiquel Castro-Diaz it's just a form of animation calm down buddy
Naruto doesnt exist
@@palmaarma ok boomer
@matthe ai nah, he took the eyes from his brother who was dying due to injuries from tobirama
I think another challenge arises in not becoming everything you despise about your enemy.
my friend if you go to war with that mindset, you will never win. During world war two the Allies committed many untold atrocities to free Europe from the Nazi's. Really in the end its the outcome everybody focused on, nobody discussed the utter annihilation of the city of Dresden in Germany.
Tuko just because nobody discussed them or nobody remembers them, that doesn't mean that it didn't happen, or that it wasn't horrible in it's own right.
agreed
The main purpous was to be effective.
Christianity wasn't known throughout the world by only dreaming, but taking initiative into what had to be done for the greater good.
***** They did what had to be done, however people's faith has gotten weaker and we have become spoiled even with our blessings we continue to polute our planet.
Unfortunately this is so true. Look at the world leaders and dictators and how many of them are evil. They didn’t make it to the top because they are nice.
Even where I work I have seen this. I work for a large corporation and I had one boss who was super nice guy, great team member player, never called in sick, rarely took vacation, and was one of most technologically talented and had a Masters degree and he was laid off. Why? He didn’t play the, game, didn’t network or form alliances, and didn’t plot/scheme, maybe you can say he was naive not to.
On the other hand 2 of the worst people i have ever worked with that I have zero trust with have been promoted within the same company.
You can be nice but don’t be naive. You need to learn who the evil people are and take steps to protect yourself. I had one horrible boss who often tried to make me look bad telling me to do something but then denying it when her boss didn’t like it. I saved all the mean emails and messages so when she came after me I had evidence to defend myself which ultimately led to her demotion.
In this world simply doing your job well isn’t enough you also need to find out who is evil and know how to defend against them.
In simple words.
Be nice, but learn to say no and don't get used by others.
In other words dont be a white knight.
Also floss
Don't be nice, don't be nasty, just be, as appropriate. If you are not doing it as appropriate, but too nice or too nasty, then there is likely a root issue unrelated. Sometimes, what may feel in your heart as cruel today, perhaps regardless of reality, saves a thousand tears tomorrow.
Beognis 94
Thats the point
"I'm stuck"
-stepsister
Lmao
😈
We all know what happens next
@@Luca_86 well yes but no.
pornhub recommendations*
"One who has a 'why' to live can endure almost any 'how'.- Nietzsche
That was Viktor Frankle..
@@robertmc7863 the first person to quote it was Nietzsche. Viktor later used it on his book, Man's search for meaning.
@@syedraidarsalan4685 interesting.. I did not know that.
"Ahhh, blow it out your ass, Howard!" - Olson Johnson
That's a damned lie.
I love Dave Chappelle's mom's advice to him, "Son, sometimes you have to be LION just to be the LAMB that you really are".
That's not the point in being a lion. You be a lion....to be a lion
@MishTheMash you seemed to have missed the point. It means that even if you want to have a humble and mild manner, you need to occasionally muster the courage to venture outside of your comfort zone to deal with uncomfortable situations in order to grow and show that your gentle nature is not a weakness. We ascribe a lot of high qualities to lions and I don't think it's a healthy ideal to strive for every day. No matter how amazing the view is, it's lonely at the top. No shame in being a lamb if you know when to be a lion.
@@joshi897 ...If being a lamb is so good, then why strive to be a lion at all? Surely living by example is the litmos test to what is of real value?
My point was that: lambs are lambs, they spent so long 'being lambs' that even if they tried they could never 'become a lion'. That's kinda the point of the video; it's better to be feared than loved, but if you can be both; and that we often use virtue as an excuse for weakness.
I suppose I would rephrase Chappelle's words to be: You don't always have to be the Lion that you are, sometimes you can lie down with the lambs.
The comment section is gem.
Yeah a chaos emerald
@plentyness Its not axe, its unadulterated ambergris.
@plentyness No clue how to read that. Try english.
Germs*
copycat spotted
"You pick the wrong house, fool!"
-Sokrates
Big smoke. Lol
"Hey Sokrates it's me Plato! Chill! Chill!"
@@mastermitser5693 "Plato? AAWWW MAH DAAAWWG!"
-Sokrates
All you had to was follow the damn τρένο, Plato.
-Sokrates
“Do not disturb my Circles.”~ Archimedes
"How can I help you"
- Google Assistant
Tell me how to access Siri
@@KageNoTenshi “fuck you”
- Google Assistant
@@digdogg_ "You don't have the balls"
-me
🤣😂
Ive kept coming back to this video every once in a while since May 2018.
"we are all ultimately the sum of what we achieve not what we intend "............. this hits me like a blow
It’s only a nice way to justify that at some point for some material advantage, you are right to betray what you believe in. It. Just a way of sweetening the reality that was corrupted at some point. This whole video presents Machiavelli as if he held some absolute truth. He knew this, he knew that, is repeatedly stated.
That statement is truly shallow and misplaced. I am NOT the sum of what I have achieved.
That implies that material gain is the only success in life, you are here for a short time, then you die. You can’t take anything with you, nothing, not even your name or memories. Sounds to me that Machiavelli was just a self serving asshole.
@@Neil1957-Spoken like someone who will amount to nothing
@@Neil1957- your actions and inactions matters, its not just about material things, if you want a good marriage or a good relationshionship with your kids you cant just think about it, you have to make it happen. You have to build and maintain those relationships.
Same with everything else.
You are the one who immeadiatly went to material gains.
We are ultimately dead.
"I dont know whats going on with the comment section"
- Osama Bin Laden
They Bin Hijack
Osama, did you come for Hillary?
"Why doesn't this have 1.2k likes"
- Martin Luther King
Lol you asshole
I’m dead
"Xie hua piao piao bei feng xiao xiao."
- Winnie the Pooh
*xue
Ah, yes, my favorite quote from the chairman of the CCP.
Dazdrasen Konstantin what he said
I have always thought that The Prince is one of the most misunderstood books of all time. It’s a fascinating little book with dozens of practical advices
“You can do anything you want as long as it’s what I tell you to do”
-my father
“Thomas Edison wears women’s undergarments.”
- Nikola Tesla
He was just proving how not to dress like a man
Giampaolo Mannucci Shocking!
@@skepticynic5150 you know, when failing to make the lightbulb he said something like "I haven't failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work" ;)
Wow, is THAT why Edison hated him so? Huh...who knew?
Thomas is a cheat, just hate him and I will always believe he wears women undergarments.
"Never piss against the wind"
- Jason Statham
Unless you got strong presure
whats up with these random quotes xD
CNN? Dont whizz on the electric fence
You nailed it bro. This video has been like grasping at straws for me,otherwise being a nice guy ,i was stuck and could end up suffocating being victim of these bastards.
“Don’t always believe what you see online” -Abraham Lincoln
@@adorablerepresentativem.co6036 You're kidding, right?
What is it with all these fake quotes? What Lincoln actually said was: 'Not every quote you find on the internet is true'. Do you your homework, Kermos!
@@adorablerepresentativem.co6036 that depends on which Abraham Lincoln you're talking about. There has been more than one in all of history.
@@njits789 of course he/she is 😂
@@adorablerepresentativem.co6036 The problem with internet is that you can't see if someone is being sarcastic lol 😂😂😂 for doing so you need to see facial expressions. Or the sarcasm is just obvious. But what is obvious for someone is not obvious for someone else
"We can't let God do all of the work"
-Machiavelli
You spoke to me on a spiritual level.
Is that quote from him?
I love this comment
@@elvergalarga4461 "From God is the mercy, from man is the work"
-a proverb from my country
"same" _ furry hunter
"I want to meet the manager right now"
-Karen
😆 haha.. what the heck!!
Lmao
😂🤣😂
The only correct quote in this comment section
Underrated 😂😂
"Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you." -The Light, The Truth
Amen.
"People who always want to be right usually end up with nothing left." - Confused Shoes
"I have never seen a thin person drinking diet coke" - Donald Trump
😂😂 best comment
Loool ffs
Did he truly said that?
Me neither
#TRUMP2020 #AllLivesMatter
True as fuck even if he didn’t say it
"you only get HIV positive if you do the tests"
- Jackie Chan
Corona has left the chat
Lmao
No mames! 🤣🤣
Correction....-Donald J Trump
lMAOoo
I have read the book in Greek. The translation was of high quality with comments and footnotes, so the reader can gain a deeper understanding of the text. Translators don't get the credit they deserve. It's an activity that demands knowledge, research and great creativity.
People aren't getting the point of this video. No, he's not saying we have to be mean assholes. He's saying we should focus less on our good intentions and more on how to FULFILL those intentions. Be assertive, and don't let people walk all over you. You can still be a "nice" person and be successful if you are willing to put yourself first. "How to Win Friends and Influence People" is quite machiavellian but guess what? You don't "win friends" by being mean.
Essentially he's saying know when to good and know when to be mean.
Bullcrap. It is exactly what Machiaveli meant. You cannot "fight" an evil with an intent to kill with mere pacifism. Real world here. You definitely win friends by being mean. Think back to your highschool experience.
The point he made was simple. Be nice if you want. But don't be too nice. That means mix in a little bit of a dickhead into that niceness every now and again. Apply the same methods your enemies do, because apparently, end justifies the means.
Truth is, there is about enough nice people that you can number them on your fingers. The regular number of fingers, not the genetic Yankee defect number of fingers.
Putting yourself first means being selfish. Being selfish isn't being nice. He was saying don't be nice all the time.
*mic drop*
Alanna Carlson now watch the video "how to access superconsciousness" right here on youtube then come back and let me know how you feel
Alanna Carlson you dont won friends at all. Friends arent something you have to earn with hard work. And actually "finishing last" is the better life style in my opinion. How else can you do it better than those before you? This video os making the assumption that winning and being rich and having thing is a good life but in fact thats a selfish life.
Ayeeeeee this video the shit
"Our words are backed by nukes"
-Mahatma Ghandi
hah nuclear ghandi, best feature ever
C I V
LOL
Gandhi not ghandi
"War, We are not impress"- Queen Victoria
Nice guys don't finish last, they don't even finish the race.
- recovering nice guy
They dont join the race
True... Can't finish if you get trampled by the stampede.
- a fellow recovering nice guy
Nice guys don't finish last, they finish alone in the shower.
True , mostly , only whilst you're on the Earth. In the Eternity of your Heavenly Home , the rules are very different.
It's ONLY because "Nice Guys" are NICE .... and that's all. Be NICE with WISDOM. Read up on words of Wisdom. The Book of Proverbs, etc. Also know that Oil & Water don't mix. YOU have the POWER. So if a woman wants oil, give em oil. Just DON'T stay in that too long. That's Right, HIT IT & QUIT IT ! But YOU find someone with interest simular to yours. QUIT being intimidated of beautiful women.There is a such thing as a good pimp. Confidence & Conservation ! Your appearance, your talkgame, the way you carry yourself. If it don't get women, THEN CHANGE IT !
Thank you for this magnificent summary of Old Nick's thesis.
"I love Democracy."
-Palpatin
"I am the senate."
-Palpatine a few drinks later
“It’s treason, then.”
- Palpatine after a line of cocaine
"UNLIMITED POWEEEEER" - Palpatine after taking a few doses of speed
"I'm too weak. Oh. Don't kill me. Pleeease."
-Palpatine after taking 10 death sticks in one sitting.
I love democracy
#Putin
"friends are like potatoes, if you eat them, they will die"
- Mike Tyson
“I’m a semi-good husband.”
-Iron Mike
He's not wrong tho.
Actual quote: "Frienths are like potatoths. If you eat them, bathically they die"
He stole it from Hannibal Lecter
Just like Holifield's ear.....
Don't be kind, be fair.
-My South African Tour Guide
What's the story behind this?
@@lylaaxiom8750 I see
That's not true.
To be happy you have to make people happy. It's a desire.
Dont be fair. Life isn't fair.
People always overcorrect. Don't go to extremes, just be balanced. That way you don't deny yourself unless it is harmful. Do no harm, but don't be a pushover. Be willing to fight for honor but not for pride.
You make it sound as if it was so easy to do! Its NOT as easy as it sounds, friend! We have lots of blind spots and lots of harsh critics! These are the main reasons, i believe, we tend to veer towards the extremes. You are right, balance is key, but it takes a lifetime for most of us to learn to get it right.
“Get to da choppaa”
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
*da choppa
Yessir!
but if it bleeds we can kill it.
@@braveheart4603 Predator reply I Like it
😂😂😂 you f***... 😂😂😂
"May the force be with you, Harry."
- Gandalf
"...youve been living in a dream world Luke...but if you take the red pill you wake up from the dream and we will see how far this rabbit hole really goes." - Obi wan Kenobi
@@LongStar117 huh, I always thought that was Walt Disney's
@@billbailey1571 you got it a bit backwards, walt disney is going to wake up out of his cryo pod and absolutely destroy Kelloggs™
The most ambitous crossover
@@nuko-x Ready Player One, eh?
‘Ferb, I know what we’re gonna do today’
-Benito Mussolini
😂😂
LOL
The same as every other day; TRY AND TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!
This killed me 😂😂😂
"Hey, where's Hiroito?"
*Japan bombs Pearl Harbor*
USA: curse you country of the rising sun!
A lot of people just want to become balanced. Adopt a philosophy of charity if naturally too selfish or enlightened self interest if too caring. The fact that there are other reasons to adopt these types of philosophies adds enough noise to hide your true intentions (even from yourself).
"when you fall down from a horse, you get up and eat that horse"
- Son Goku (TFS)
Top 10 quotes
Hahahah best serie ever
@@alexanderpatrick1863 which series?
@@FullMetalChains dragon ball abridged, enjoy bro
@@alexanderpatrick1863 thanks bro
Your voice is like warm gravy on fresh smooth mashed potatoes
Feirce Bannana WTF😂😂
+Michael Koech your emojis make you look childish. Please stop.
what's wrong with looking childish
Christine Kangaslampi a lot, if you are a grown adult.
Or the sweet smell of oyster sauce with sushi
'I believe the children are our future...unless we stop them now!"
- Homer Simpson
LOL!
“Just because I’m not listening, doesn’t mean I don’t care!”
- Homer Simpson
😅
"I absolutely hate youtube. It's full of liars."
- Abe Lincoln
Outsmart others before they outsmart you.
Darksydesamy 😂😂😂😂
Cause your fighting who?
That's a very pessimistic mindset.
how profound & original
hey u bitch, disgusting
"By the time this pandemic's over, we're all gonna go insane"
- my dad
Too late: we already have.
You know whats even worst? This will never end. They allready got us affraid and lookdown in our houses giving them all the power. Why would they let go of us?
@@christinegarcia9350 Come back within 2 years to mock me and tell me that this is over and we got back to normal. I promise i will laugh too.
@@notname4414 but if we let everyone out with no precautions or preventions the numbers will obviously rise and our health system will be over run. Do you seriously think the governments want to pay people not to work and to shrink there society’s economy.
@@MIKE-TYTHON Who knows. Money is only paper man. Who knows
Machiavelli is the kind of philosopher we need but don’t deserve. He cuts through the hypocritical word plays and euphemisms and unapologetically shows us the reality of the world.
Like George Carlin used to do
@Alevator
If you choose to adopt his philosophy, he does. What good comes from practicing, “by any means necessary”? It’s like giving stolen money to the poor. It may help them, temporarily, but it weakens the core value of not stealing.
On the other hand, stealing from the greedy, unscrupulous criminal to better the lives of the poor seems to right a wrong.
It seems he wasn't a professional philosopher; that's probably why
u described Jesus with your words
Yes, indeed - but a despicable world that lacks wisdom. Find the truth in Seneca´s words instead. Or be warned: the game of power can be likened to Damokles who had a taste of the powerplay at court - tasting luxury combined with great and grave danger. Wisdom is not to look for luxuries but live a creative and loving live if in contact with others - fine - if that´s not possible stay aloof and reclusive.
The problem with Machiavelli's principle is the underlying assumption that being successful in a temporary world is meaningful. Arnold Schwarzenegger's muscles were finely tuned when he was young to only have them wither. Building a statue to our hero's, only to have the Sun eventually destroy it. The work done on Earth ends up being in vein. The choice then becomes, in a vein world, is it better for all living things to live peacefully, dignified, and kind, or unleash the Hitler.
This is exactly what I've determined at work. More than one job supervisor told me I need to be more of an a-hole. I've had a business partner that was only proud of me when I cheated a customer. An older co-worker said that if he had to change fundamentally who he is to keep a job, he'll find another one. I've embraced that and it has served me better than having short-term success and thinking only of myself.
Look, watch the video again, and again. Then, you will get the point that is being made. The world will at some point make the nice guy confront a Hitler-like person. Only then, will the overtly nice guy realize that in order to stop this force of evil from conquering the world (which is also "vein"), he needs to become either as or more malicious than the evil force in order to preserve peace in a "vein" world. Vanity is the banalest of reasons not to do something. That means we should still be living in the stone age because every progress made to date is all futile.
@@bernardwongibe5118 I don't have to watch the video again, I learned about Machiavelli's principle in High School.
Essentially there are no morals in war, the Machiavelli principle doesn't apply, and it wouldn't matter even if you did apply it, since it boils down to utter survival, where the ends is death.
Machiavelli was addressing political, business and personal lives, in how better to succeed rather than fail. He reasoned the end results justifies the means, he never mentioned war nor did he even imply to use it during war.
You guys need to stop spelling the word vain wrong.
@@Jim90117 Why? Does it hurt you?
"Sometimes the only way to defeat evil isn't with good, but to confront it with another kind of evil"
Where is that quote from?
The best way do encourage what you fight against. Truly logic...
Give them thier medicine pretty much but don't get in the violent area
Each to their own on that one. Confucius said if one goes down the path of Revenge they might as well carry 2 coffins with them. The Bible also says Vengeance is for God to deal with
@@andrewandy6959 Right, and it also says that one who lives by the sword shall perish by the sword.
"People die when they are killed"
- Shirou Emiya
Best part about this one is that it might be true... -.-
Every 60 seconds in Africa
"The archer class is made of archers"
- Rin Tohsaka
"Just because you're correct doesn't mean you're right"
NAWLEGE
Here is the tragicomic story that had taught me this lesson:
I had this neighbour downstairs who would listen to techno music all day long, louder than you could ever imagine! And if there is one thing on earth I would pay a fortune for, it is SILENCE and there was absolutely no more silence and peace for me at home. It was a nightmare.
So one day I knocked at his door and said:
-What can WE do about it? Could you use headphones may be? And if you don't have headphones can I buy you one?
He said, oh yes you can. And he told me about these fancy wireless headphones he would like to have. So the very same day I went to a store and got them for him.
A couple of days had passed. And the music got back. The worst thing is that you not only hear the bass, but the floor under your feet vibrates all the time...There is no way you can concentrate on anything...
So I went downstairs again. He asked me if I had wireless Internet connection. I said yes. So he said:
- Oh so you can give me your password and I can use it too.
So I DID give him that password.
The music got a little lower the following days, but it was still really loud!!
He said he was using the headphones, but of course not all the time. And now he was using my Internet connection too!
He also asked me if I could give him free guitar lessons. And once again I said yes!!!
Well this is really as stupid as you can get in an obsession of solving any problem in a peaceful, generous and kind way. It is not only stupid and ineffective, but it is definitely PATHOLOGICAL too!
So despite everything I offered in return, nothing has changed. Then one day, a friend of mine came by. It was very late at night when the music started again. I said to my friend:
- You see this is what I mean...
My friend stood up and jumped on the floor three times!
This is an old building and it sounds like an earthquake if you do that.
And the music stopped immediately!
My friend achieved in THREE SECONDS what I couldn't achieve in six months with all the kindness I could imagine to offer! And the saddest thing about it is that even if I lived here for a 100 years, it would have never ever occurred to me, to jump here to show how angry I was. Such a solution was "out of my imagination".
I wish I knew Machiavelli back then...I am really NOT happy to have learnt this lesson. But unfortunately we must sometimes force ourselves to speak a language that we don't want to speak, if it is the only language the other person understands. Otherwise we will never get our message across...
Lua Veli hahahahH Seriously?
Hello again Obikanaka! How funny... I never thought about it this way.
Well, but that guy was not serving any noble cause greater than himself
you know.... He basically didn't care about anybody else. Thank God he
moved out, so don't know how he is doing. But he may have learnt
something.... Thanks for your message! Have a nice weekend:-)
Hola Alex! Yes, yes.... seriously. When I look back I can't believe either how stupid I have been...But thank God he is gone now and my new neighbour is a wonderful and very silent ( !!) woman. Gracias por leer. Un abrazo:-)
Thanks so much Ozzie:-) Best wishes!
@ Lua. This was a great story. Thank you for taking the time to post it. There are many lessons to be learnt here. I have stopped domestic violence perpetrated by my neighbours on two separate occasions by a similar method. Every time the verbal abuse started I banged on a BBQ kettle lid like a gong. After a couple of times my neighbours worked out that I could hear them abusing their children and the screaming stopped just like magic!
As far as I know, only nice people conquered the world. The wicked just destroyed it
This is a very dangerous road to tread on. It encourages people who merely think their goals are noble and virtuous to use violence, intimidation, deception and lies to achieve these goals. We have to keep in mind that despicable people are not only despicable because of their ends but also because of their means. Someone who murders for a supposedly good cause is only a hint better than someone who does the same for a bad cause.
Who has the authority to decide what is so good or so bad that it legitimizes the use of e.g. violence for resp. against it anyway? Who dares to put himself up to be the ultimate moral arbiter to decide over other people's lives, not to mention their deaths, in the name of the "greater good" except for incredibly egomaniacal personalities?
if a man comes at you with a sword, you may have already lost
better to come at him with a knife instead, in the dark while there are no witnesses
Exactly, this is the same problem as when people justify punching someone they disagree with by calling them a nazi
You hit the nail on the head, OP. No one has such authority. The content creators fail to challenge Machiavelli's assumption that rulership is needed in the first place
In the war against Hitler deception and murder were used. Are you saying the allies were wrong for that? They should have only used rubber bullets and sought to capture enemies and then jail them instead of killing them?
dothedeed If you're replying to me, I was referring to more recent events, e.g. UC Berkeley, when people resort to violence against their political opponents in a democratic state.
I think we can all agree that violation of basic human rights does legitimize one to use more effective means, but if and only if that's the case and it's still arguable to what extent.
All warfare is based on deception.
Sun Tzu
@@dvb2957 4.0 GPA . Now grad school. lol
And a ninja must see through deception.
Win Chun Shin Long Ding Dong Make philosophy great again - Churchill.
@@deevee7221 R/iamverysmart
Makarov - modern warfare
"Never hate your enemy, that'd cloud your judgments."
- Godfather
@Huginn Bodgaedir I did your mom.
Hmmm. I think hate is a good thing. Anger clouds your judgement not hate. I don't think there is anything wrong with hating bad ideas and the people that propagate them.
There are some people who think you have to hate them in order to shoot them. I don’t think you do. It’s just business.”
James Mattis, former US Secretary of Defense
This video is not about hating anyone, it's about having smart strategies in front of our enemies or of anyone thar attemps to harm us or harm others.
@@AnEvolvingApe Just hate the bad ideas, and kick with all your love the butts of those who embrace them when they try to kick yours.
Concise and straight to the point. This is how videos should be made.
- A guy who values the most important resource, time.
The Bible already gave us that memo
"Be wise like a serpent,but harmless like a dove".
Translation be kind but not stupid!
hey, how are you today ? 😇
Also bible: Treat others like you want to be treated.
Reverse: If you treat other badly, expect them to treat you badly. So doesn't it mean God gives license to treat bad people badly - even when you consider yourself a good person?
@@Michael-jx9bh why would you want other to treat you bad tho? You consider yourself good person..why would you treat other badly anyway
@@Michael-jx9bh there’s a theory that “an eye for an eye” is for atonement not vengeance
Blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth
"I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves." - Jesus
C i'm quite sure you're taking that quote out of context. In this passage, Jesus is calling his disciples to go out and tell the Jews of the Gospel. he's warning them to be careful of the council people of the synagogue's because they will torture (he uses flog) and most likely kill the disciples. So Jesus is not calling his disciples to be deceitful but to avoid those that want to harm them.
Jonas Br Yes, maybe the context Jesus said it in was for that situation, but If you analyze the word, It's pretty much is the same thing From the Prince's message. Don't be evil but know how they work and use it to your benefit. In modern words, "Don't be so stupid and innocent in our intent to be too nice"
C Beautiful instruction from our Lord Jesus Christ.
Correction: Your lord
Here's an intriguing possibility --- there's some evidence (in the Bible and elsewhere) that Jesus was a Buddhist who with the help of his prison guard feigned death with some near-death invoking herb and then escaped the crucifixion (you know, like the Bible says, he wasn't in the tomb a couple days after they came looking for his body) and ended up in Kashmir (where there exists to this day a sect of Christian Buddhists who claim to have stupa with his ashes) and lived to a ripe, old age of 80. If true the lesson is --- as you and the Bible says: outwit them! (Admittedly easier said than done)
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke
tssk.
Me and you ,brother. Me and you.
Call me evil then.
" Tears of the Sun ", opening quote; one of my favorite .movies.
I truly believe thats what has happened in American. The tide is turning tho.
As a retired world history professor there were 3 books I gave my students to read for their assignment for the term. They only had to give an oral presentation to pass. Machiavell's The Prince, Sun Tzu's The Art of War, and John Adams, In The Defence of The Constitutions of the United States of America. And yes Constitutions is plural. This is a very good and correct channel. Kudos.