The Fatal Flaw that Destroys Nations, According to Machiavelli

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ม.ค. 2025

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  • @ThinkingWest
    @ThinkingWest  2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

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  • @sakshambhadoria9998
    @sakshambhadoria9998 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +24

    Decaying moral compass is the most pressing crisis in the modern world. It gives birth to a whole lot of problems whether its corruption, crime and discrimination.

    • @DelightfullyMADD
      @DelightfullyMADD 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +11

      I used to be, ironically enough, zealously anti-religious when I was younger. Still wouldn't call myself religious now either, but I realized some time ago that, in many ways, the true value of religion wasn't in any of it's supernatural aspects or even spiritual aspects... it was in it's communal and moral aspects. Say what you want about religion as an institution, but it served a vital function in human civilization for pretty much all of history, acting as a bedrock and foundation of societies and creating a sense of shared culture and community. In losing that, we've lost a lot of the cohesion that once held us together, and lost a lot of the sense of community we used to have to. And that gives rise to greater and greater sense of self-aggrandizement and self-satisfaction. Not to even mention that most of the people who threw aside religion didn't end up any more logical or rational or reasonable when they got rid of it... they just found even more stupid crap to believe in instead.

    • @BuddyLee23
      @BuddyLee23 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      It’s not so much the decay of morality but instead the weaponization and propagation of a noxious form of this. A moral order at odds with much of the traditional occidental order.

  • @WhyteVintageWine
    @WhyteVintageWine 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +19

    Also a number of people with dual citizenships in high positions from the same foreign country.

    • @SheikhBouAoun
      @SheikhBouAoun 10 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      That could apply to foreign dynasties in the past too, but the conclusion is not decisively negative.

    • @samueloak1600
      @samueloak1600 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah it was actually quite common in the premodern world ​@@SheikhBouAoun

  • @Gill12283
    @Gill12283 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great presentation, thanks for posting. Did Machiavelli say anything about treacherous politicians, like the ones we have today?

  • @Joe-sg9ll
    @Joe-sg9ll 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

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  • @Jehoshophat
    @Jehoshophat 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +15

    Everything he mentions about mercenaries and allies applies also to immigrants, especially those uninvited who's first act is to break and undermine sound laws

    • @abdirahmanbadal781
      @abdirahmanbadal781 10 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      You can't eat your cake &have it ,buddy.Fix your demographics &for heavens sake stop bombing other countries or supporting dictators/kleptocracts so that you dnt have to deal with people fleeing from their countries.

    • @Gill12283
      @Gill12283 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Exactly right!

    • @samueloak1600
      @samueloak1600 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Well, no.

  • @lukebentze4948
    @lukebentze4948 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +9

    Very random: a few years ago I read the first bit of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Supposedly once he reaches the New World the story slows down a lot, but the first few chapters are a very good read and has some very unique themes and style. Take a look if you’d like I think you’d find it interesting.

    • @TheGringoSalado
      @TheGringoSalado 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      I read parts of it in one of Mortimer Adler’s books about the importance of classical education

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    @basedsavage4793 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

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  • @raymond_sycamore
    @raymond_sycamore 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

    I find it hilarious a video about Machiavelli is sponsored by BETTER HELP... amazing

  • @user-rl3iv2jk9q
    @user-rl3iv2jk9q 8 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Mon. 13 Jan. 2025 :
    Thank you for your presentation .