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[-] KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net 103 points 7 months ago

The Prince is basically the same. It's basically just "please just fuck with other nobles, and when you lock them up and steal their shit go and give it to the public or something, and don't fuck with the common people" and "it's ok that you're a huge dumbass, just please hire someone who's not and then let them do all the real work while you go camping and play soldier in the woods, also pack a lunch."

[-] TrashGoblin@hexbear.net 54 points 7 months ago

Also, "if you build your army mostly from hired mercenaries, don't be surprised when your enemy hires them out from under you".

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 47 points 7 months ago

“Do not ride inside a helicopter” -Machiavelli

[-] SeventyTwoTrillion@hexbear.net 26 points 7 months ago

Brace Belden truly is the modern Machiavelli

[-] drowns@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago

The Transylvanian Cocksucker

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 10 points 7 months ago
  1. Every client is one missed payment away from becoming a target [41] and every target is one bribe away from becoming a client.

From the 70 Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries.

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