Machiavelli and his ideas, while having provided the world with a foundation from which to build the concepts of political philosophy, have become largely irrelevant in modern society. Not only have they lost their benefit in today's day and age; but, they have also adopted negative consequences due to the way the world, and the political atmosphere, have evolved. The opinions which he put forth regarding neutrality, public opinion, and the presence of leaders within a nation have all served to benefit numerous leaders from the ancient times of the Greeks all the way up to The French Revolution when absolutist methods of rule were essentially eliminated from the western world. From that point on, Machiavelli’s ideas became counterintuitive,
