[Lines 151-152] What effect does the word choice in this sentence have? How does the effect change if the sentence is rewritten as "None of the men seemed to pay attention."?

what passage are you referring to

because people think they know everything well here is the truth they don't so yeah they try with what they have and they don't care if it's wrong or not some people do care but others don't hope this plz make me brainliest

the answer is:

to persuade readers that a conquering prince must destroy a former republic if he hopes to hold it.

in the excerpt from "the prince," the author niccolò machiavelli suggests that to take possession of a city and endure the control over it, it is necessary to destroy it first. otherwise, people who have known freedom will eventually turn against the new rulers and fight back to recover their power.

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