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Wolcott is referring to NiccolÃ² Machiavelli, a philosopher and writer in the Italian Renaissance, who inspired the political term Machiavellianism, defined as the employment of cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
Machiavelli is often portrayed as the first honest teacher of dishonest politics. Photograph: Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis via Getty Images I f youâre a political outsider who wants to move fast to the top job in a democracy, how to do it? You could start by dipping into a book written 500 years ago by an out-of-pocket Italian civil servant. The quickest way, it says, is to have fortune on your side from the outset, with plenty of inherited money and a leg up through family connections.