Machiavelli's Analysis

Machiavelli claims that a leader may be loved or feared, both are useful. Ultimately a leader should choose to be feared, or respected. However, there 's no use in being hated by the public. Donald Trump has gained much disrespect and harsh feelings in this regard. Machiavelli talks about virtue, a good leader should seem miraculous to the public. In an effort to be respected not necessarily admired by the public Donald Trump could do a couple things. During his campaign Donald Trump reached out to too many people that used to work in the coal industry such as those in West Virginia who have seen their jobs disappear as the coal companies left. Donald Trump promises to employ these people and bring back the energy companies. Many people criticize Donald Trump’s support of environmentally unfriendly ideas. Machiavelli would suggest that Donald Trump appease both the environmentalists and the former coal workers. Sparsely populated and mountainous, West Virginia would be a good place to …show more content…
Hobbes 's laws of human nature, as we called it in class, theorizes that humans are naturally equal. All men, argued Hobbes, are naturally equal in body and in mind. Though there are differences person to person, they are small. Hobbes argues against the idea that power comes via appointment from God, a popular idea in his time. However, Hobbes claims that the differences between people is so small that it doesn’t entitle anyone to anything. In short, if God had truly chosen or made people to lead then it would be obvious. Hobbes’s also argued that human nature leads individuals to fight one another when there is no common political power to keep them in awe. Hobbes’s describes human nature as ,” … warre as is of every man against every man.”(Hobbes) The ultimate claim of Hobbes is that nearly any government is better than anarchy or a civil war. According to Hobbes, the only government worth overthrowing is one that directly threatens the life of the