machiavelli

Awesome dude who lived in Italy a loong time ago. His best known book is "The Prince", which contains political tips for rulers. Some of his ideas from this book (and maybe a few from "The Discourses") as far as I can remember:

-The Prince must be ruthless.
-Effectiveness > good/bad.
-Power should be acquired, not hereditary.
-People are moral because others are watching. Political morality is lying and killing. Politicians must learn how NOT to be good.
-Be feared; cruelty is a part of the state. But remember that the best fortress that exists is to avoid being hated by the people. Three ways to avoid being hated: Don't be erratic. Don't be a coward, FIGHT. And don't do anything for no reason.
-Concept of seeming vs being: The Prince, while seeming human, must learn how to be a beast. Like a fox (cunning and tricky) or a lion (powerful).
-And my personal favorite, he talks about these two dudes named Agathocles the Sicilian and Oliverotto of Fermo who both held meetings/banquets with leaders and important people and killed them all and took over as ruler. Point is, the elite can be killed, they're not important. The people are important.
-Choose the people around you wisely. Ass kissers prevent you from seeing the truth cause they're always like "yes, you're awesome" to everything.
-For a strong society, you must assume that everyone has the potential to be evil and make laws accordingly. People act good only when forced, laws exist where desire is.

Lindsay Lohan was once photographed walking around with a copy of Machiavelli's book. True story.

by g f b February 27, 2008

machi komacine

machi is a character from the anime/manga hunter x hunter. she is a member of the phantom troupe, a group of nen users that massacred the kurta clan, among many other crimes. she is spider number three of the phantom troupe, and her nen type is transmutation. for her nen, she creates threads out of her life aura to manipulate others, fight, and heal. machi has long pink hair that she typically wears in a ponytail and blue eyes (2011). she is intelligent, cold, calculating, and caring about her close friends.

friend 1: machi is so pretty omg! she's the best member of the phantom troupe.

friend 2: yeah, machi komacine is one of my favorite hunter x hunter characters.

by what’s up lol August 22, 2020

scene machine

any member of the T-Mobile sidekick family. especially, however not exclusively, when used by a kid who belongs to the "scene." the "scene" is most readily identified by boys or girls wearing tight pants, sporting haircuts which cover exactly three fifths of their face (from top corner to bottom opposite corner, and ALWAYS covering at least one eye), and rawking those sick american apparel deep v-necks.

"yo percy, did you see alyssa texting on her sidekick ALL during that class? i wonder what her phone bill is on that scene machine."

by cheerstojeff April 28, 2009

prison machine

Slang for the very lucrative and corrupt mass incarceration industry which implicates the criminal justice system because prisons are fed by a steady stream of corrupt mass convictions.

Well let’s just say the prison machine is our state’s most successful source of steady revenue!

by Dr Bunnygirl July 21, 2020

fruit machine

British for slot machine

I just spent my entire wage on those fruit machines.

by Abhishek Chowdhary February 17, 2007

hachi machi

Expression of surprise or intense emotion taken from the 1990s animated series "The Critic."

"Hachi machi! That was the worst film ever!"

by Charles September 8, 2005

spanking machine

When it's your birthday in Mrs. Forester's gym class. Everyone in the class lines up behind each other with their feet spaced apart. The birthday person crawls between the legs while getting spanked by their classmates.

It's your birthday, you know what that means! It's time for the spanking machine.

by Conant Elementary School March 10, 2009