🏰Securing conquered Republics: Strategies of destruction or empowerment.
🗺️Setting up an oligarchy: Ruling through a small group aligned with the prince.
🔨Destruction as an effective means of managing new territories.
📚Machiavelli's favorable opinion of Republics over principalities.
🗡️Balancing familiarity and alternative rule in newly obtained territories.
What are Machiavelli's strategies for securing conquered Republics?
—Machiavelli suggests killing the people, destroying their homes, or empowering local rulers.
How does Machiavelli advise ruling a new territory?
—Machiavelli advises setting up an oligarchy, allowing the people to be ruled by their own citizens aligned with the prince's interests.
What is the role of destruction in managing new territories?
—Machiavelli advocates for destruction as the most effective means of managing new territories.
Does Machiavelli prefer Republics or principalities?
—Although Machiavelli generally favors Republics, he also advises destroying them when necessary.
How does Machiavelli balance familiarity and alternative rule in newly obtained territories?
—Machiavelli advises removing familiar alternatives by killing ruling families or establishing control through an oligarchy.
00:09Chapter five of 'The Prince' focuses on how to manage conquered Republics.
00:20Machiavelli suggests killing or empowering the people, or ruling through an oligarchy.
00:36Historical examples show that destruction is a highly effective approach.
01:41Machiavelli favors Republics but advises destroying them when necessary.
02:01Machiavelli emphasizes the importance of balancing familiarity and alternative rule.
