both the Prince and Art of War are manuals for ungrateful princelings that go over the bare basics of statecraft/military manners so that the unqualified nobility won’t completely muck it up, that they’re held up as these mystic tomes of forbidden knowledge is an insult to the proletariat’s basic intellect (understanding that animals need fodder and normal people don’t like monarchs)
I’ll extend this to 1984 because I think “You could be working for the state and kind of disagree and it will fuck you” is not a lesson your average working class person needs
both the Prince and Art of War are manuals for ungrateful princelings that go over the bare basics of statecraft/military manners so that the unqualified nobility won’t completely muck it up, that they’re held up as these mystic tomes of forbidden knowledge is an insult to the proletariat’s basic intellect (understanding that animals need fodder and normal people don’t like monarchs)
I’ll extend this to 1984 because I think “You could be working for the state and kind of disagree and it will fuck you” is not a lesson your average working class person needs
lmfao yeah