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Podcast: A New Voice of Freedom
Episode: Season 3 Podcast 175 The Road to Power, Machiavellian Pragmatism, Rule # 20, Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste
Description: The Road to Power, Machiavellian Pragmatism, Rule # 20: “Never Let a Good Crisis go to Waste.”The quote, “Never let a good crisis go to waste” is first attributed to Winston Churchill, who was pushing to form the United Nations during the dark days of WWII. Whereas I am a great fan of Winston Churchill, I abhor Machiavellian Pragmatism. The statement by Churchill in one instance may be fundamentally useful if governed by experience and good judgment, but as a principle to live by, it comes straight out of Machiavelli’s playbook of how to gain pow...