Belief in an imminent Messiah or end-time transformation, which Jiang says becomes popular when stable empires generate corruption, inequality, and stagnation.
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Apocalyptic eschatology
Belief in an imminent Messiah or end-time transformation, which Jiang says becomes popular when stable empires generate corruption, inequality, and stagnation.
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Muhammad becomes the Arab Messiah in a field crowded with apocalyptic claimants because he fits Jiang's great-leader formula of vision, innovation, and selfless discipline.
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"...believe that the Messiah will come. Okay? And we call this apocalyptic eschatology. This is very, very popular. Right? Because with empires, because the..."
"The third is the person is so disciplined, he becomes selfless. Right? And so there are many individuals we've met in this class that..."
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