Not to be too pedantic, but “The Prince” was intended as a sincere operating manual for governing (not a satire in any way).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince
The shocking lack of morality in the book is what made it rather infamous. It was not a joke at all.
That’s not as big a problem as you’d think because they have those scooters at the supermarket. You can ask another shopper to reach stuff on the upper shelves for you.
One name for this phenomenon of higher standards is “the bigotry of high expectations” (as opposed to the ‘soft bigotry of low expectations’).
And just wait until he starts keeping classified documents in the airplane lavatory next to the photocopier.
The royal “we”. Interesting.