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A society bound by coherent ethnic identity strongly enough that people will sacrifice for one another; one of Jiang's three tests of resilience.
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cohesive society
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"Okay, so this is from Mark, and I did read the essay, okay? And the essay is about how Serbia can try to navigate,..."
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"...ask yourself a question. Will Iran become an energetic, open, and cohesive society? Because if it does, it will become invincible. The empire won't..."
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"...if it's able to transform itself into an energetic, open, and cohesive society, then it will triumph over America. That is the fundamental question..."
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"...to people, when you carpet bomb Tehran, you're creating a more cohesive society."
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"...the Americans, the Israelis, as enemies. You create a much more cohesive society who are willing to fight together. And that's a problem, okay?..."
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"...remember their greatness, they come together as an energetic, open, and cohesive society, okay? So yes, the Americans have this strategy that worked in..."
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"...French, they are slowly becoming a much more energetic, open, and cohesive society. Cohesion, okay? And now that you have this differentiation, what's going..."
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"...schools are amazing. Why? Because Finland is an energetic, open, and cohesive society. And when you hear that, what you want to do is..."
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"...out. I think the Japanese are much more energetic, much more cohesive society than, uh, people appreciate. And if Japan feels under threat by,..."
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"...everyone knew each other. So, they were very open, energetic, and cohesive society. And so, over time, they became the most dominant society. In..."
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"...is, at this point in history, the most energetic, open, and cohesive society in the Middle East. Okay? So, first of all, it's open..."
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"...example you look at Japan and China Japan is much more cohesive society than China so in terms of mass Japan is actually stronger..."
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