Blog 1: Lao Tzu vs Machiavelli
Lao Tzu and Niccolo Machiavelli's views on government greatly differ. Lao Tzu's government ideals were to minimize the power of given to the higher authorities and if one needed something to be enforced then it would be done quietly and calmly. He believed that, in government, one should follow the guidelines of the Tao-Te Ching. His ideals differ completely from those surrounding a "materialist quest for power, authority, and wealth." In high contradiction, Niccolo Machiavelli's believed that a government should make it a priority to secure power by any and all means possible. Machiavelli thought it to be okay to do anything necessary in order to achieve what a government or leader desires, even if that is achieved by a result of torture or oppression. Lao Tzu believed that the purpose of government was to allow the people to have great freedoms and fray from taking control of others lives.On th...