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In his book, The Thrity Tyrants The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli describes three options for how a conquering power might best treat those it has defeated in war. The first is to ruin them; the second is to rule directly; the third is to create “therein a state of the few which might keep it friendly to you.”

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-thirty-tyrants

In his book, The Thrity Tyrants The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli describes three options for how a conquering power might best treat those it has defeated in war. The first is to ruin them; the second is to rule directly; the third is to create “therein a state of the few which might keep it friendly to you.” https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-thirty-tyrants

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Excellent Article. The analogy with Sparta and Athens is fascinating, and no doubt true. In the end those in power, the oligarchs, don't want democracy. They want power centralized, concentrate, and in service to their own profits.