Machiavelli’s “The Prince”

What I learned by reading this is that one of the beliefs explained in the text is that it's better to be loved and feared in a society as a leader. It is better this way due to the fact that people won't despise you, meaning that they won't rebel on your society. Keeping them to listen to the two traits desired will make a successful community since the leader will continue to be in power. He classifies people as being despicable people due to the fact that they would only worship you for only getting what they desire, and if they don't they will go against you. Yet, if you don't follow their command you have the opportunity to force them to follow you, which sends them in a state of fear due to the fact that it shows the amount of power you are capable of. Actions that should be made by the people should be created of virtue. What made people worry in this time was that there was a difference in ethnics and politics. He can infer that  a person might have to do things that are wrong to get power, but with power he could then do good things. During this time, he had preferred speaking of realism rather than idealism.