• nesc@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    166·
    3 days ago

    That’s what machiavellian distills into - cold pragmatism and disregard of morality. So his turn from okay guy that wanted his family to stop with illegal shit into someone much worse than his father was portrays it perfectly.

      • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
        31·
        2 days ago

        Unscrupulous is only one of the definitions.

        Cunning and scheming are the other two. The Prince detailed how to gain and hold power.

        It wasn’t a book that said immediately shoot everyone to solve all your problems.

        So the original author was expecting violence in Godfather 2 but with more planning.

        • nesc@lemmy.cafeEnglish
          5·
          2 days ago

          You gain and hold power by killing people you don’t like, look at any dictator that ever dictatored. 🙃

          • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
            2·
            2 days ago

            Again, yes you kill people. You don’t just kill everyone immediately without a plan. Even Pol Pot had a plan.