Machiavelli got fucked over by the royals. He couldn't write a book calling them out on their treacherous behavior directly because he would've been hung. Instead, he wrote it down as a compliment, something to be aspired to.

Thing is, if anyone takes his advice they will destroy themselves. They will be reviled by all.

People in royal circles now tell the young not to follow the book because it "drives kings mad". By design.

Machiavelli was the worlds first troll. The patron saint of anons and shitposters.