Machiavelli Vs Roman Empire Research Paper

The US is commonly compared to the Roman Empire and the Roman state. If Machiavelli were alive to compare and contrast the two empires, I think that he would have much to say on the topic. Machiavelli asserts that there are two kinds of cities founded for two very different reasons (7). The first city prototype is an independent city that is founded and created in order to be run freely with autonomy. The second of the city types is the type that is founded for profit by another city. The United States and Rome could be neatly divided within these categories. The first type of city, which functions with autonomy, is Rome. The second type of city that was created to benefit the founding city would be the United States.

To further elaborate on the types of cities described by Machiavelli, Machiavelli may have chosen to go on to notice that

It is very probable that Machiavelli would view the United States as also employing multiple methods of population enhancement. The forceful methods may be to passively or quietly create wars or warlike atmospheres in other lands. Once this war has destroyed a neighboring land, the United States could possibly open their doors to the refugees from that land. In a today’s global economy, the term neighboring land is used for the purposes of this paper to encompass any place on the globe. Peaceful population acquisitions tend to be the more publically accepted ways in which population enhancement is conducted. However, many of these scenarios are interchangeable. Peaceful methods to population enhancement include easy to access benefits for immigrants. These benefits include education, food, housing, heat, and citizenship. It is arguable that the United States assists in the creation of a global economy that destroys neighboring countries. This argument would then create a situation in which a forced population acquisition is disguised as a peaceful