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This week on the gray area, what advice would Machiavelli have for politicians today?

Even in a stable democracy, people are going to be fighting all the time about what kind of values do you want in their rich and poor.

How much should people get taxed?

That's an eternal problem of democracy.

And he says, you need to have institutions where everyone can debate that and checks on people getting too powerful.

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I mean, you don't bet in Blackjack, but it's still doing. You don't pick at him out and say,

I'm betting this much. Yes, you do. That is how you play. That is exactly how you play blackjack. I like you just play until, you do. You don't pick it and am out and say, I'm betting this much. Yes, you do. You keep playing.

That is exactly how you play black.

I like, just play until you're like, no, I want to stop.

And then when you decide you stop, you put every single hand.

Every hand you put more money down.

And you say, I am putting this much money.

Yes.

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