Machiavelli: Why It's Better to Be Feared Than Loved | 5/1/26

The Auron MacIntyre Show

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🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 75 minutes

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As we continue our reading of Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince," we reach what has probably become his most famous passage. Is it better for a ruler to be feared by his people or loved by his people? Is there a difference between fear and hatred? We'll also dive into Machiavelli's distinction between fox behavior and lion behavior and why the ideal ruler embodies both. Follow on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-auron-macintyre-show/id1657770114 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3S6z4LBs8Fi7COupy7YYuM?si=4d9662cb34d148af Substack: https://auronmacintyre.substack.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuronMacintyre Gab: https://gab.com/AuronMacIntyre YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/AuronMacIntyre Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-390155 Odysee: https://odysee.com/@AuronMacIntyre:f Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/auronmacintyre/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, how's it going? Thanks for joining me this afternoon. I am Oren McIntyre. Before we get
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0:38.8	We are continuing our series on Machiavelli today.
0:43.3	We've been reading through the Prince.
0:45.6	And as we do so, I want to remind you that, of course, the entire series is in the playlist
0:51.8	on YouTube.
0:53.7	So if you've missed any of these previous episodes and you
0:56.1	want to get the context for what is going on, of course, you can go ahead and go to that
1:01.7	playlist on YouTube. But I think each of these episodes also stands relatively well on its own.
1:07.8	Everything is, of course, pretty useful. So I think that you can watch them
1:12.6	individually, but of course, if you want that full context, you want to go through the entirety
1:16.6	of the prints. We are working our way through it as we go. Today, we are discussing what is probably
1:23.3	Machiavelli's most famous assertion, the thing he's quoted on the most. If you went to
1:30.2	you know, high school or college and learned about Machiavelli, you read some textbook and they
1:36.4	went over briefly something about Machiavelli, you probably read this passage. This is it.
1:42.2	If there was anything you read from him, if there's anything that
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