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Necessary Evil Machiavellianism is characterized by subtle or unscrupulous cunning, deception, duplicity, bad faith, and false hope. The political doctrine of Machiavelli, which denies the relevance of morality in political affairs, holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing and maintaining political power. In that sense his views are similar to the modern American political playground. Although every ethical, moral, proper, decent, and conscientious person considers these qualities of a chara