With great ideas, comes and follows great change. Niccolò Machiavelli, John Locke, and Karl Marx are renowned philosophers who pioneered the world's most important forms of government. Through their literature they created a huge wave of revolutionary ideas that still exist today in different forms of government. On the one hand, Machiavelli advocates political absolutism. It is a form of government in which the governed accept the powers granted to a single ruler usually given to a king or emperor by divine manifestation. On the other hand, both Locke and Marx contradict the Machiavellian ideology of government. In contrast, Locke and Marx both have coinciding ideals, in which they believe that government is maintained by the consent of the governed. However, the foundations of their philosophies differ as Locke's revolves around the idea of ​​political autonomy while Marx focuses on economic sovereignty during the exploitation of workers during the Industrial Revolution. The differences in the principles of these men are transparent. Locke's ideas strongly oppose Machiavellian government because it hinders the political sovereignty and progress that Locke should achieve in a representative democracy. Meanwhile, Marxist theory contradicts Locke's ideal government proposals as it promotes the exploitation of the lower social classes rather than social progress. Setting aside transparent disparities, these men want the best government for the people. Despite the contradictions, all men have an interest in developing and revolutionizing social strata to achieve the common good. The end justifies the means. For Machiavelli the end was absolutism and the means was power. The middle......the middle of the paper......the labor. Once again it is different from Machiavellian ideology in that Locke's ideals are based on government by the consent of the people. Machiavelli directly assumes that power rests with a supreme ruler while Machiavelli advocates a utilitarian approach in which whatever is deemed necessary must be done to achieve the greater purpose. Locke's ideals ensure that the rights of the individual are protected at all costs rather than the interests of the state. In this case, the rights of the individual have greater importance in Locke's view than in Machiavelli's. In conclusion, the Machiavellian form of government emphasized the ruler's right to do everything in his power to achieve a greater purpose without the government's formal permission. Locke's view of government empowers the individual through certain rights and the protection of those rights by the country's governors.