You may get more of a turnout if you dumb down the language a bit:

i.e:

Machiavellian: the held belief that people were by nature untrustworthy, malevolent and self-serving, and thus those in power could only maintain their position through exploitative and deceitful actions. (As in the Prince a renaissance era book on how to treat your pesants, and treat them badly.)

Also, I'd have to go with Sophistry, the art of being a wise-guy, and yes, that does mean smart*butt*