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Briton finds 500-year-old arrest warrant for Machiavelli - Telegraph

This is awesome. I do have to take issue with the article's characterisation of The Prince, though; it was most likely satire.
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Briton finds 500-year-old arrest warrant for Machiavelli - Telegraph

This is awesome. I do have to take issue with the article's characterisation of The Prince, though; it was most likely satire.
That would explain why Machiavellian conservatives are so easily taken in by The Onion articles.
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