Why Living Simply Is the WORST Thing You Can Do - Machiavelli
The world tells you a simple life is peaceful and noble. But Machiavelli understood something far more brutal: simplicity destroys hunger. It destroys ambition. It kills the fire that turns ordinary men into conquerors. Living simply is the worst thing you can do if you want power, influence, or self-respect, because comfort convinces you to stop thinking big, makes you tolerate being underestimated, and pushes you into a life of low expectations, low standards, and low urgency until simplicity tricks you into accepting less than what you were meant for. This is the hidden danger: the world…
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