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The condition Jiang opposes to scarcity: resources may be finite but sufficient enough that deprivation must be socially produced.
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abundance
The condition Jiang opposes to scarcity: resources may be finite but sufficient enough that deprivation must be socially produced.
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Jiang argues that wealthy elderly people are not simply dying off because modern medicine and abundance can keep rich people alive for years even in severe decline.
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Food may be finite, but Jiang says it is abundant enough to feed people; starvation is therefore an artificial crisis rather than a simple result of natural scarcity.
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Food is finite but abundant enough to feed people; hunger and starvation are artificial crises, not simple consequences of natural scarcity.
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Rat utopia shows that abundance can solve food, water, and security, but not status; status remains zero-sum and can collapse a social hierarchy.
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Rat utopia shows that abundance without status pathways can collapse social ritual into violence and disorder.
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Jiang introduces Calhoun's rat utopia as evidence for his theory that social violence in abundance is about internal status pressure, not only external enemy defeat.
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His alternative rat-utopia theory is status lock: abundance lets old people stay alive and in power, preventing younger people from ascending and converting blocked potential into violence.
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He generalizes the model: societies that become too wealthy can develop rat-utopia dynamics and engage in wars that lead to collapse.
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"But like people human's life have a limit like what will happen after like they all die because they are just although they are..."
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"...scarcity. Right? Because of lack of technology. But nowadays because of abundance because of technology old people can live as long as they want..."
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"That's a great question. Okay. So the question is, isn't food scarce? Because food is a finite resource, right? Do yourself a favor, okay?..."
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"...right, there's scarcity, but we also live in a world of abundance. Okay? And a lot of things that you believe are just misconceptions..."
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"You said scarcity is an illusion, right? But I understand that money can be printed infinitely, but resources can be printed infinitely, but resources..."
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"That's a great question, okay? So the question is, isn't food scarce? Because food is a finite resource, right? Do yourself a favor, okay?..."
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"They want to save the Pax Americana. They want to feel virtuous, powerful, and strong, okay? And they don't care if they have to..."
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"...the 60s and 70s. And this was a time of growing abundance in the world. And this is the first time in human history..."
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"each other, they starting to engage and CaaanURN embarrassed à to engage in all sorts of. of uh brutal activities. Um, and às result..."
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"Right now in the West, it's the same thing as well. And at that point, you have no choice but to start a war..."
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"And the male rat starts to chase the female rat. The female rat runs back into her burrow, her home, and hides. The male..."
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"Everyday food would come down from the heavens. And all the rats could do whatever they want. They would have complete freedom. This is..."
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