The Left Stuff

I own a copy of The Prince by Machiavelli. It perfectly reflects everything that contradicts my ideology. Now, I may just be naive, but for some reason I firmly believe that Niccolo wrote the book as a satirical joke about the minds of corrupt, power-hungry, morally compromising monarchists. My theory is he wrote the book, imitating the extreme ideals of totalitarianism, making it humorously drastic and senselessly radical, to the extent that it mocks the ideology... at least I found the book funny. But this is just a theory, and it may very well be wrong. But if it is true, the irony lies in the book's failure, as it inspired monarchists from Henry VIII to Italian Communist, Antonio Gramsci. What may have had the intention of being satire, was interpreted literally. A similar situation happened recently when an independent directer named Tommy Wiseau made a film called The Room. To what I understand, he intended for his film to be a serious melo-drama, however, it ended up being widely considered one of the worst movies ever produced. The film became notoriously funny for its terrible acting and writing. Its popularity grew until it soon developed a cult following. Tommy's ego (exceptional to begin with) grew exponentially when he assumed from his fame that he had actually made a good movie. But who's to say he didn't? Can you consider the film a failure despite its undeniable success? Right now a teenage girl is nationally being  labeled as the worst music artist of all time. But her infamous song has over 70 million views on YouTube. Fame is unpredictable. But I guess individuals like Rebecca Black would be less threatening to our society as 15 minute celebrities then they would as totalitarian dictators.