Niccolo Machiavelli wrote <em>The Prince </em>as a guide to success in 2. politics. The book provides advice to a ruling individual in Italy. The book itself provided a very cynical outlook on rulership with the most famous line being (paraphrased) "it is better to be feared than loved."
Largely middle class
The United States is largely a middle class society since
most of the population falls in this category. There is a small upper class of super
wealthy people but most of the citizens are well educated and have a reasonable
disposable income.
A shrinking Pentagon budget, I think.
I think it’s a high school diploma
