Machiavelli The Prince Rhetorical Analysis
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Machiavelli states princes should worry about uprising from his people and external threats from foreigners. Prevention against uprising by the people is done by not making them have hatred towards the prince. Conspiracies disadvantage the people. There has to be enough people to be bold enough to carry out one and willing to accept a severe punishment. If someone tells the prince about the conspiracy, he should reward that person. Machiavelli next discusses strategies for dealing with people that rebel against the prince. Some strategies are dividing towns, disarm the citizens, and gain support of the rebellious citizens. He states historically princes did not disarm their citizens due to disarming creating distrust among the citizens.