Principalities & Powers

Principalities & Powersrnby Samuel FrancisrnNationalism,rnTrue and FalsernRuling classes exercise power throughrncombinations of coercion and manipulationrn—what Machiavelli called force andrnfraud, or the habits of the lion and the foxrnthat he recommended to princes whornwish to stay in power. Like most princes,rnmost ruling classes tend to be better atrnone . . .