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Jiang's term for the donor logic by which the rich try to purchase access to heaven through gifts to the poor holy order.
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bribe
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Jiang interprets the donor logic as bribery: wealthy people try to transfer part of their wealth to the poor saints so that everyone can still get into heaven.
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Virgil attempts to gain Cato's permission by invoking his authority in hell and promising kindness to Marcia, which Jiang reads as an attempted bribe.
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Jiang says foreign holders do not really own America through Treasuries; rather, they are paying a bribe to the United States in exchange for peace and global trade.
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"you understand it's a bribe guys okay if i'm rich i'm a billion dollars and these guys are going to heaven because they're poor..."
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"...China. It's really, you know, Europe, China, and Japan paying a bribe to America in order to maintain global peace and global trade, okay?..."
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"why we're here this man had yet to see his final evening he's not dead but for his folly little time was left before..."
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"bright on the great day so I know who you are your Cato you're the person who killed himself in Utica rather submit to..."
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"...is upset with this Cato says to Virgil how dare you bribe me how dare you do this you're the guardian of purgatory you're..."
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"...that they don't know they're uncertain so they're gonna give huge bribes to catholic church which as you point out feeds the corruption which..."
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"...own glory. Darius, the King of Persia offered him many, many bribes in order to not stop, to not stop fighting. And his Ed..."
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"...his power stopping the church from weaponizing heresy checklists to extort bribes and plunder the financial purses of wealthy families"
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"...the way that you would influence a king is you would bribe a fortune teller to tell him what he wants to hear and..."
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"Hmm? Bribe. What do you think the first thing that Virgil tried to do was? Probably bribe them, right? They had a private conversation...."
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"...the entire world wants to co -opt you they want to bribe you they want to give you money so that they can share..."
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