The conclusion I didn't write for my essay, but that is too good to just disappear into that emptiness where the deleted words go:

So, then, the implications of exposing this limited reading of Machiavelli upon realism. To whit:

- Universality. Pisses all over that.

- From above: Change. Get some.
Having thus disturbed the fundamental premise of realism and suggested that it needs to get over itself and look at evolving into something more useful, I think my work here is done.