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Returning to First Principles: America's Machiavellian Moment?

2026-06-10 · 38 min · episode 23 · 11 entities

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  • → appeared on The American Idea podcast
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    Host: Jeff Sikkenga
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  • → references The American Idea Podcast company
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    Link in episode "Returning to First Principles: America's Machiavellian Moment?": https://ashbrook.org/the-american-idea-podcast

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  • mentioned Jeff Sikkenga person
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  • mentioned Ashbrook Center person
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  • mentioned America's Machiavellian Moment concept
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    Returning to First Principles: America's Machiavellian Moment?
  • discusses Education concept
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    Feed category: Education

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  • mentioned History website
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  • discusses History website
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  • mentioned The American Idea Podcast company
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    Link in episode "Returning to First Principles: America's Machiavellian Moment?": https://ashbrook.org/the-american-idea-podcast
  • references The American Idea Podcast company
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    Link in episode "Returning to First Principles: America's Machiavellian Moment?": https://ashbrook.org/the-american-idea-podcast

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Niccolo Machiavelli, is usually cast as something of a villain for supposedly promoting cut-throat politics. Regarded as the father of modern political theory and science, however, among his many ideas was that when regimes - governments - slip into a state of decline, a return to first principles was necessary to save them. Turning back to the ideas that were most pure at a founding was, he believed, essential to revive a country that had lost its way. Is America at such a point today? Political theorist, commentator, and author Jay Cost believes we are, and discusses what a “Machiavellian Moment” is, and why America, especially as we approach our 250th birthday, is in need of one. Read his article: https://tinyurl.com/3ytfx3fb Host: Jeff Sikkenga Executive Producer: Jeremy Gypton Subscribe: https://linktr.ee/theamericanidea Homepage: https://ashbrook.org/the-american-idea-podcast/