Jiang predicts that the current games being played by world leaders will probably lead to the end of the world because the leaders themselves are crazy and their strategic logic is crazy.
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Apocalypse
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He concludes that leadership underestimating these constraints can produce an 'AI apocalypse' where control ambitions destroy resilience.
Jiang interprets the cited claim about Trump lighting a signal fire in Iran as a plan to destroy the world so Jesus will return.
Jiang presents apocalyptic Christians in the U.S. military/government who want to force Jesus' return as a possible explanation for why the war is being fought, while explicitly marking it as a possibility rather than proven fact.
Jiang distinguishes prophecy from plan: the danger is when an apocalyptic belief becomes a political project for bringing Jesus back.
The apocalyptic expectations of Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians made Muhammad's message of one people united by God politically and emotionally appealing.
He argues that hopeless young people under Pax Americana are attracted to dispensationalist premillennialism because it offers a better world through the destruction of the present one.
Jiang predicts that a magnetic pole excursion will reset the game, destroy the current world, and leave most people dead within about fifty years.
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"Okay? Think about who in this world is respected. Well, Israel is respected, Putin is respected, North Korea is respected, Donald Trump is respected...."
"...They refuse to believe this. And this is a real AI apocalypse. Okay? The real apocalypse. Where the people in charge are so convinced..."
"Okay? Any questions? Do you guys understand what's going on? We think it's important for you to understand that the people in charge of..."
"and the magnetic pole excursion um is going to basically reset the game it's going to destroy the world 99 of us will be..."
"Right. So, you know, part of this eschatological plan requires depopulation, as you as you point out earlier, they do. They do plan to..."
"And he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ. He said..."
"Oh, my God. President Trump, the fire in Iran, it's all part of a grand plan to destroy the world so that Jesus will..."
"Okay, so what is happening is that there are some crazy Christians in the American military, in the American government, okay, that want to..."
"And now it's just coming to fruition and, and really it's, I think I'm running a marathon, right? You you're, you're like so close..."
"Well, again, OK. I'm just kidding. So 2060, again, that's not the issue. The issue is that there are very powerful people in this..."
"That should be the major concern. All right? OK? So I apologize for that. I apologize for going on this tangent. But so we..."
"us to understand is, not only is there all this persecution going on against Jews and against Christians and against Zoroastrians, okay? But also,..."
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