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1900

Around 1900, Jiang says Protestant capitalism had conquered the world through Germany, Britain, and the United States, making Weber, Durkheim, and Simmel diagnose its consequences from inside its triumph.

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Lecture claim dated 2025-03-27.

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Around 1900, Jiang says Protestant capitalism had conquered the world through Germany, Britain, and the United States, making Weber, Durkheim, and Simmel diagnose its consequences from inside its triumph.

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The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

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"...And they're all contemporaries. They were all writing about the year 1900. Why this is important is the year 1900 is really when the..."

The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

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"...can impose Protestant beliefs on everyone else, okay? And the year 1900 is also before World War I. So at this time, everyone thinks..."

The Old Own The Future

2025-08-29, day precision · Secret History #3: Death by Gerontocracy

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"...Okay? And you can see these trends where in the year 1900, people who are 75 and older were just a small fraction of..."

The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

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"It's perfect, okay? He wrote this in about 1900. He predicted this would happen. And he's right. We live in a zombie civilization. All..."

The Haley Bet as Political Theater

2024-05-17, day precision · Geo-Strategy #5: Why Trump Will Win (And Pick Nikki Haley as VP)

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"...because it was the largest turnout in American history since about 1900. Okay, so 74 million people voted for Trump. For Biden, 81 million..."

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