If he thought that someone was trying to dissuade him from his leadership, he would not question them, but would have made an example of them. All his people despised him because of the way he treated them, and if they had the chance to kill him, they would have done so. A scene from the movie "Training Day" shows the dirty cop, who was finally about to get what he deserved from the newbie he was training that day. He thought that because he was in his “neighborhood,” his “people” would support him and take care of it for him so his hands wouldn’t get dirty. Instead, they let karma handle the situation because they were tired of its treacherous ways. Machiavelli knew the kind of world he lived in and knew that if people were given an inch, they would have walked a mile, which is why he was always on guard. He says, “A morally good person should compete with the mass of people who, he says, are fundamentally evil” (Machiavelli 220). It’s very true, in today’s society, it’s every man for himself. If Machiavelli was a teacher he would have been tenured, they can say or do whatever they want and won't get in trouble. He was the type of person people either feared him or hated him, but he knew everyone would respect him or face the consequences. Putting these two together would have made for an awesome duel. Too much Machiavelli made his people crazy and not enough Lao-Tzu let his people think they could do whatever they wanted. They