I don’t think this is a disproof—if you’re expected to do something you don’t have to feel guilty about it because you could still be trustworthy.
Trustworthy? When you’re the one with all the power (and your subjects don’t have the option of conveniently relocating away) what you need in the Machiavellian sense is for your subjects to trust that you’ll kill anyone who makes themselves a threat.
I don’t think this is a disproof—if you’re expected to do something you don’t have to feel guilty about it because you could still be trustworthy.
Trustworthy? When you’re the one with all the power (and your subjects don’t have the option of conveniently relocating away) what you need in the Machiavellian sense is for your subjects to trust that you’ll kill anyone who makes themselves a threat.