lol, that's a mood. 'the prince' and 'the art of war' are both kinda in the same genre - instruction manuals written by very exasperated philosophers trying to get the failsons of the local aristocracy from fucking up with basic shit.

Such an apt description of both. A lot of people look at the Prince as a manuscript for evil and like... Yes. Do you not want to know HOW your aristocracy views ruling you? This is the political reality of how we are subjugated. And it's written in crayon for anyone to understand.