Just because things are right now it does not mean they will be that way all the time. Many governments fail because they not to foresee future actions which will bring them to their end. Nicholas talks about why some Italian princes have lost their principalities, and it is mostly because of their indolence, as he calls it, but also because they did not know how to manage their power.
It seems important to keep the people happy and to follow all the directions he has been talking about throughout the book, but also to keep in mind that nothing can prevail more than being aware of the surroundings, and in that case, they must follow suit to what is best at the time.
He also mentions something important to understand to anyone who’s considering to rule, and that is that the people mostly enjoy their present time. That is all they care about. They care very little about what happened before, they just want to enjoy the present, and so a prince or ruler must hold this accountable, for they need to use the present to run efficiently their office time.
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