Jiang says the Greeks did not strongly influence the British because Rome mediated the tradition, so the modern British and American world is Roman rather than Greek.
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Jiang says Right. You know, I don't know much about this. Yeah. So, I mean, I think you're referring to the fact that… You know, when the British...
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"...think you're referring to the fact that… You know, when the British came into China and started the opium trade, it was being facilitated..."
"...question, okay? How, like, how much did the Greeks influence the British? And the answer is not that much because remember, like, after the..."
"...again they don't need that many people go back to the british empire go back to the roman empire there were not that many..."
"...go, and then maybe the Americans will want the western provinces, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, just to link up with Alaska. But why would..."
"They're much more effective than the Russians, the Chinese, the British. And so, why is this an issue now? Right? Why are people concerned..."
"...which includes u.s dollar which includes gold which probably would include british pounds swiss francs a basket"
"...think these american leaders were english assets and can you explain british capital shifting america from 19 from 1888 transatlantic period culminating to brendan..."
"...they were not english spies but they'd have contacts in the british empire of course because britain was the most powerful country at this..."
"...now at this time in history the americans didn't like the british because they thought of war to get rid of british right so..."
"creation of the city of london their creation of british capital in order to co -opt america and they were so powerful that they..."
"...Canada, they're not nation states. They are resource colonies of the British Empire. Okay? Meaning that they're owned, literally owned by the British. So..."
"...more steeper than the French, the Italians, the Spanish, and the British. So, the Germans are really hurting from this war. Okay? All right...."
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