Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Practical Alignment
A friend sent me this quote today.
For this reason, we find it seldom happens that a good man seeks to become a prince through evil means even though his aim be good or that an evil man, once he has become prince, seeks to do good, since it never enters his mind to use for good the power he has acquired wickedly.
(7) Machiavelli- Discoursi (book 1 Chapter 18)
This explains what I have been saying for years about the difference between the majority of the left and the majority of the right. The right will win by any means necessary; the left although they often second guess their opponents will not take the appropriate "unsavory" preemptive actions for fear of becoming what they despise. Perhaps one could say this is an example of the impotence of lawful good in a world increasingly dominated by chaotic evil.
For this reason, we find it seldom happens that a good man seeks to become a prince through evil means even though his aim be good or that an evil man, once he has become prince, seeks to do good, since it never enters his mind to use for good the power he has acquired wickedly.
(7) Machiavelli- Discoursi (book 1 Chapter 18)
This explains what I have been saying for years about the difference between the majority of the left and the majority of the right. The right will win by any means necessary; the left although they often second guess their opponents will not take the appropriate "unsavory" preemptive actions for fear of becoming what they despise. Perhaps one could say this is an example of the impotence of lawful good in a world increasingly dominated by chaotic evil.
