Machiavelli's Rules Have Exceptions

Timothy Stanley: Machiavelli's rules have exceptions. He often contradicts his rules, right? There's exceptions, or something offered within the same chapter as when he's laying out these rules,. You find exceptions to them. And we realize, after a little while, that well, by am shifting Tim, we're already playing his game. Anyone who's interested in political power who readsMachiavelli objects to him has already bought into the Machiavellian project.