I will definitely give it a chance since yesterday aroud the same time my IRL friend recommended that book to me... You're not Croatian, are you? >Machiavelli writes about obtaining and keeping power with the goal being the perpetuation of the state. Evey time people talked about him they would often portray him in bad light, but if his goal was truly to work in the interest of the state, they I can understand why modern politicians might resent him.