Machiavelli's Success

David Bianculli: How would you, how do we suspect Machiavelli would have rated the success of his project? Christianity is at a nadir in the west, the Christian impulse. Do you think that he would say his project somewhere along the line went off the rails? And if that's the case, is the antidote to what Ailes us, can that still be found inMachiavelli's writing itself? He says by and large, he would have been impressed by the science. The writer also evinces a clear preference for republics.