Dear Eagles,
I felt the urgency to write about this danger after reading about how Sarah Palin is being used by John McCain to confuse American voters against Barack Obama.
A Machiavellian person is someone who will use deception and cunning to power. He has no principles and does not care for truth and morals.
Unfortunately I see it happening around the use of an attractive woman to lure voters with misleading arguments to go against Obama.
He is being accused of calling her a pig with lipstick. He didnt do that. What he said was " If you put lipstick on a pig, it is still a pig . If you wrap an old fish with paper and call it change..it is still an old fish and after eight years it will stink."
Here we see how he uses analogy.. that is everyday comparisons to highlight a point.
So what the McCain people did was they twisted his words and used it to the instigate the people. Saying that he called Sarah a pig. To be specific they want to try to turn women voters against him. Err... are American women so easily misled?
If I were an American woman I would be insulted that the McCain compaign is trying to sell me a lie.
Here's a bit of info on the word Machiavellianism
Machiavellian of, like, or befitting Machiavelli. being or acting in accordance with the principles of government analyzed in Machiavelli's The Prince, in which political expediency is placed above morality and the use of craft and deceit to maintain the authority and carry out the policies of a ruler is described. characterized by subtle or unscrupulous cunning, deception, expediency, or dishonesty: Example: He resorted to Machiavellian tactics in order to get ahead. a follower of the principles analyzed or described in The Prince, esp. with reference to techniques of political manipulation. Source: The Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Copyright © 1997 by Random House Inc.
Machiavellian using clever but often dishonest methods which deceive people so that you get what you want, esp. power or control Source: Cambridge International Dictionary of English
Machiavellian pertaining to Niccolo Machiavelli, 15th-century Italian statesman; unscrupulously cunning. Source: From The Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words © Copyright Helicon Publishing Ltd. 1998
2 years ago
3 comments:
Machiavellian Personalities? wow... i haven't thought of this. actually, we can correct he person who was this personalities. sometimes, they doesn't have the opportunity to fix themselves. by giving them some inducement, and counselling, that might help them to become a good person.
Other than that, Machiavellian were happen because of the environment influences. if they are interacting with good people, they might think reasonably and doesn't use their clever to oppress the weaker.
Wah you are thinking of helping the Machiavellian person...At least you did not give up on him...
If it's a choice between two evils, I would choose the lesser evil. I'm not saying that McCain is right all the time but there's one thing which I totally agree with him: say no to abortion (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7799745)
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