Do you really think that truth is in the newest paperbacks sold in the supermarket and that it evaporates when the cheap paper gets brittle?
I don't know if I've ever bought a cheap paperback in a supermarket, but I doubt there's a lot of truth in them.
This country was founded by exiles....Haven't been a lot of people leaving..... It's still here.
Yes, I noticed the reference to Alexander the Great. A lot easier to write about the past than the future.
Obviously, Machiavelli didn't realize that a country like America would prove his theory wrong.