Are you machiavellian?

[SeanEdwards]

Take this online quiz and find out:

http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/09/13/machtest/

 

[Kludge]

69

 

[SeanEdwards]

69

You're evil.

I got 70.

 

[pinkmandy]

56

 

[Kotin]

69 also.

 

[DirtMcGirt]

62

 

[Fox McCloud]

37; I was surprised it wasn't higher considering the numbers here.

 

[Kludge]

37; I was surprised it wasn't higher considering the numbers here.

Pansy..... >.>

 

[Fox McCloud]

Pansy..... >.>

Hey, from what I know about Machiavelli, I'm glad my number is so low; he's the one who birthed the modern-day Neo-conservative.

 

[Theocrat]

"Low Mach"

I got a 48.

 

[nate895]

52

 

[rational thinker]

78

 

[asgardshill]

94.

(Of course, Niccolò Machiavelli is one of my role models).

 

[Kludge]

94.

(Of course, Niccolò Machiavelli is one of my role models).

I haven't read much about him.... What did he write/speak/philosophize about?

 

[asgardshill]

I haven't read much about him.... What did he write/speak/philosophize about?

Basically, the acquisition and retention of power. He was described as a pretty amoral fellow, but there's at least a little bit of Machiavellian thinking in every successful man.

'The Prince' is his best-known work.

 

[rational thinker]

I haven't read much about him.... What did he write/speak/philosophize about?

Kill to get to the top. Disgusting, yet bluntly truthful man.

 

[Kludge]

Basically, the acquisition and retention of power.

Sounds pretty Nonconservative to me... Ends-justify-the-means pragmatism?

 

[asgardshill]

Sounds pretty Nonconservative to me... Ends-justify-the-means pragmatism?

Yes, pretty much. Its an admitted logical disconnect at least in my case, but we can't always pick and choose our role models.

 

[rational thinker]

Sounds pretty Nonconservative to me... Ends-justify-the-means pragmatism?

Exactly it. Don't know why he's his role model.

 

[asgardshill]

Exactly it. Don't know why he's his role model.

Well, I did score only 94 percent on the quiz