A win for everybody that was never really a win for anybody, since at least one person, if not everybody, lost something to the machine/system, or someone that was part of the machine/system. Disney was/is a master of Machiavellian principles, since people feel like they gain something by waiting in a line at Disneyland/Disney World for 45 minutes of their time instead of an hour of their time. Really it's Disney that gains from this, since people think Disney has a real concern for their families, and not for the Disney reputation and lost dollar signs that would come with any damage to the Disney reputation.
It would be a Machiavellian Victory if one of the two buildings was demolished, or if 4 or 5 of your 10 neighbors homes burned to the ground and yours didn't, you feel like you kept or even gained something by not losing everything, but half of your neighborhood is lost forever and half your neighbors lost everything. So, a Machiavellian victory is when people feel like everybody won because they didn't lose everything, when really just one person or entity actually gained/benefitted from what actually hzppened. Really most wars have casualties, so they are Machiavellian victories if your country doesn't lose a war, since somebody somewhere still lost a family member. Life is a matter of what you lose and not what you win or gain.
by The Original Agahnim May 28, 2021
Get the Machiavellian victorymug. by Unholy Trash December 3, 2023
Get the Another Day, another victory for the OG'smug. by SuelTameOresuTeMato April 26, 2025
Get the Doctor Sparta's Ibiza Is Victorious Against Styles P's Cool Outmug. This is the "loser" version of a "Pyrrhic" victory, one that echoes the disaster of the Titanic on its maiden voyage. However, this one refers to the Russian president and his deluded invasion of Ukraine.
In three months of war in Ukraine, Russia's "special operation" can only be called a putanic victory with 25,000 dead Russian soldiers and close to 100,000 wounded.
by Rand Kremlin Paul May 14, 2022
Get the putanic victorymug. There is no such thing as victory over the coronavirus, there is only the end of losing everything. If nobody takes a stand, everybody falls back in line.
The end of the coronavirus won't be a victory, it will only be an end to the loss of life, businesses, jobs, and rights. An end to the spread of (and fuel for) the wildfire.
by Solid Mantis April 27, 2021
Get the Victorymug. The act of having sexual intercourse with a person who has large amounts of pubic hair while drinkin a busch light.
by Cheddy Bear January 7, 2011
Get the Victory Buschmug. When you preemptively have victory sex or a victory blowy (but never a handy because no one beats it better than you) exactly before any competitive game.
by TheRealMVp19999 September 28, 2017
Get the pregame victory lapmug.