machiavellian logic...leading two sides into conflict.

a) logic/reason represents both sides of every conflict, shaped by ones consent to want or not want the suggested "leads" by others.

b) suggested machiavellianism tempts with outcome as justification for choice, which represents the inversion of choice as reaction within enacting balance. It's the momentum of motion (balance) which represents that which "just is" (justice) for those being moved by it.

Suggested outcomes tempt one to ignore perceivable origin, hence inverting justice (that which just is) with justific -ation aka just + fiction -through action.