What Would Machiavelli Do?: The Ends Justify the Meanness

He would feast on other people's discord

He wouldn't exactly seek the company of ass-kissers and bimbos, but he wouldn't reject them out of hand either

He would realize that loving yourself means never having to say you're sorry

He would kill people, but only if he could feel good about himself afterward

He would establish and maintain a psychotic level of control

He would use other people's opinions to sell his book!