Niccolo Machiavelli is one of the greatest political philosophers of all time, with his work The Prince, having a significant influence around the world.
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A guidebook to rulers on how to gain and consolidate power, The Prince was considered so dangerous it was banned by the Catholic Church for more than 200 years. It has not only paved the way for tyrants, despots and dictators but has had a profound impact on business, politics, religion and the halls of power on every continent of the globe. But what did Machiavelli say? Who did he influence and how has what a man wrote 500 years ago, shaped the modern world in which we live today?

From the White House to the Kremlin from the Vatican to the Federal Reserve, this is how a man from Florence changed the course of history. This is how the writings of Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli are used to manipulate and control everyone.

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📽 Timestamps:

Start: 0:00
Intro 1:08

CHAPTER 1: MACHIAVELLI

Born 2:48
Elected 3:41
Missions 6:20
The Prince 7:19

CHAPTER 2: STALIN

Machiavelli Throughout History 9:21
Power 10:20
Propaganda 12:18
Masterworks 15:53

CHAPTER 3: THE GREAT DECEPTION

The Great Deception 17:17
Modern Politicians 18:40
Inflation Tax 20:35
History of Money 21:46
Weimar Republic 24:16
Bretton Woods 27:40
The Age of Fiat 30:24
Conclusion 37:34

📚 Sources:

The Prince (Penguin Classics) by Niccolò Machiavelli, Translated by Tim Parks

The Prince (Oxford World's Classics) by Niccoló Machiavelli, Translated by Peter Bondanella

Machiavelli: His Life and Times by Dr Alexander Lee

Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction by Quentin Skinner

Stalin: New Biography of a Dictator by Oleg Khlevniuk

Broken Money by Lyn Alden

When Money Dies: The Nightmare of Deficit Spending, Devaluation, and Hyperinflation in Weimar Germany by Adam Fergusson

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