PSC 341 Machiavelli's Gentlemen

Machiavelli writes that gentlemen are germs of corruption, and the causes of every possible immorality. Gentlemen in Machiavelli's words "live in luxury with out working...have a castle with subjects". I wouldn't say that gentlemen in Machiavelli's sense are dangerous to society in a ambiguous sense, but a republic based society. He states that since the "gentlemen are so corrupt that laws will not restrain them", the only political system sufficient enough to control them would be a monarchy, so that it would be swift, and decisive with absolute power. Because gentlemen are above the laws, a republic, where the aristocracy, monarchs, and the people all have a voice, that political system would not work, as the gentlemen have much wealth. The only way to have a republic is by not having that social caste of individual inside of its limits, so effectively one would have to eradicate that threat from the influence area of the republic.