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Words Poorly Used #13 — Machiavellian

December 18, 2013November 1, 2016 Kilgore Forelle

Could there possibly be a more egregious authoritarian suck-up than this sockhead, Machiavelli?  Why do people use the adjective, Machiavellian, with a kind of grudging admiration?

Kilgore.

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Written by Kilgore Forelle

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