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One of Machiavelli's arguments on having a successful and controlled government over a principality is that a minister or a chosen official is appointed to help the prince govern the state. Compared to nobles who are designated by lineage, the prince selects the minister that he thinks will best accomplish what he wants to achieve or to balance out what he, as a ruler, lacks. An example of this in our history is how vice presidents are chosen. Originally, the Constitution stated that the Vice President would be whoever came in second during the actual presidential election, but this caused many problems. One major problem in this idea is that the people chosen for these offices could be from completely different parties or have completely different views on how the country should be run. During the election of 1796, John Adams, a passionate federalist, was paired with Thomas Jefferson, a devout Democrat-Republican, instead of his proposed running mate Thomas Pinckney which caused many problems in determining important governmental decisions (Source A).

Currently, the presidents running for presidential elections have had great influence in picking who they want to be their right-hand-man while governing the country. People who have hand selected their running mates are Dwight Eisenhower with Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter with Walter Mondale, and Bill Clinton with Al Gore ( Source B). Along with letting the President pick his successor should something happen to him, the vice president has loyalty to him because most likely a president will not pick someone they do not know and fully trust, unlike the idea of the nobles because they could be someone the prince does not trust but he can't do anything about it because the noble is predestined for the office.

In our modern day society, there are many corporations and industries that act like nobles in their mean to gain more money and power. The biggest and most abundant corporation is of course Wal Mart. Grossing over $200 billion a year and employing over a million Americans, I think it is safe to say that Wal Mart is taking over the world! Wal Mart's "one stop shop" appeal is squashing small business owners all across the United States and pretty soon there will be nothing but Wal Mart and Starbucks to satisfy us. In accordance with //The Prince//, the nobles feel the need to be more powerful and successful by corrupting themselves, if need be, and possibly their loyal followers which would be the employees at Wal Mart because the executives are tampering with them in order to gain their authoritative figure in the society. In an effort to make the corporation more powerful and wealthy, Wal Mart employees are paid an unsatisfactory income and given health benefits after two years of employment that are practically impossible to obtain because of the high premiums (Source C). This corrupt form of business, squeezing every last penny from whoever they can, is what the manager's use to maintain control over the people who shop and work at Wal Mart. Because of Wal Mart's well known economic monopoly, many businesses want to be a part of its widespread industrialization resulting in Wal Mart demoralizing itself, yet again, to acquire these small businesses and create an even bigger empire for its personal interests only. Source A: "Vice President of the United States." __Wikipedia__. Wikimedia Foundation. 17 Dec 2007.  Source B: "Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate)." __The United States Senate__. The United States Senate. 17 Dec 2007. Source C: Hightower, Jim. "The Beast from Bentonville". //Hightower Lowdown//. April 2002. Source D: "Al Gore's Cartoon Gallery". Source E: Beck, Cam. "Wal Mart Blows It Again". //Chaosscenario//. 4 December 2006. 
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