Machiavellian Ideas: How Francisco Franco As An Effective Leader

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Niccolo Machiavelli provided specific ideals for leaders to go by in order to be effective. Francisco Franco demonstrated these specific ideals with his ability to uphold such challenges. Francisco Franco was born December 4th 1892. In 1935 Franco became Chief of the Central General Staff of the Spanish Army. Franco focused rather on his work and not relationships with his people, using a rough way of ideas to keep things on track, he succeeds to perform a few Machiavellian ideals. That being the case, Francisco Franco achieved the following Machiavellian ideals as a leader, “It is better to be feared, than loved, if you cannot be both,” and “Never was anything achieved without danger”. Francisco Franco is an effective leader who provides …show more content…

Francisco Franco is an effective leader according to Machiavelli because he is feared more than loved. He was a leader feared by many, loved by few. Franco clutched many different personalities, one being “inflexible”. This meant he was unwilling to change for anyone, and wanted things to go his way. Franco did not hold deep political convictions, “but rose to power in order to preserve a traditional way of life that was threatened, in his view” (New World Encyclopedia contributors para. 2). The reason why Franco wanted a life that was threatened, is so that he could overcome obstacles, in his logic, with fear. Previously mentioned, this goes back to Machiavelli's ideal, “It is better to be feared than loved, if you can not be both”. Franco also followed that nothing was accomplished without risky business. During his time serving as a dictator,he was unfortunately wounded. This dangerous action led him in him being marked in the eyes of the native troops as good luck. Franco speaking to the general military academy of Saragassa states, “You must sacrifice every thought, every ideology for the god of the nation and for the serenity of our fatherland”. Franco is stating that sacrificing an object, or even one's life, is tolerable. Ultimately, according to Machiavelli, Francisco Franco is an effective leader based off of Machiavelli's

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