Have you thought about the difference between liberation and freedom? Anders Ehnmark has and in his book, Maktens hemligheter (The Secrets of Power), he writes: “For me, Machiavelli’s immediate interest lies in his ability, unlike almost all other radical thinkers, to take stock of two entirely different political activities that modern traditions usually confuse, with consistently catastrophic results: liberation and freedom. Even though he lives in a violent world he understands how dangerous this misunderstanding is.”