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In what ways does the US Constitution reflect ideas of Machiavelli?
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∙ 12y ago
This is not a comprehensive answer, but I think it will suffice as a starting point for further investigation. The American founders were, like Machiavelli, greatly interested in ancient forms of government.
Machiavelli was - so he claimed - the first person to really investigate the ancients for their political wisdom. In his Discourses on Livy he argues at the outset that the most successful governments find a way to blend the three positive forms of government, monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy, as opposed to relying exclusively on one of these (as each can turn into its opposite - tyranny, oligarchy and anarchy).
This is what we see in the US Constitution. The presidency is the 'monarchical' element; the judicial branch and the Senate (which at first was not elected) is the aristocratic element; the House of Representatives (and now the Senate) is the democratic element. The founders, following Machiavelli's (and others) advice, did not want a 'pure' but a 'mixed' form of government.
Machiavelli also believed in checks and balances and a division of power. This theme is reflected in the 3 branches of government active in the United States. The Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches are described in the first three articles of the Constitution.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 7y agoPractically speaking, Machiavelli's book of The Prince was a short recipe for obtaining and retaining power. The US Constitution was a document that set forth how the new federal government would operate.
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