Jiang's correction to 'happy': the spiritually dangerous state is settled acceptance of domination, not cheerful satisfaction.
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complacent
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "happy is a very strong word they're just complacent okay uh yes so I opened this can of worms and I"
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"happy is a very strong word they're just complacent okay uh yes so I opened this can of worms and I"
"...balance where if you um stay in one place you become complacent but you go too far you become rootless okay because what's driving..."
"...I make you this promise that I'm never going to be complacent. I'm not going to just rest my laurels. I'm not that sort..."
"All right? The populations there have become lazy, complacent. And so they're importing millions of new immigrants, primarily Indians, but also a lot of..."
"...is that they tend to be very individualistic, as well as complacent and unequal. Okay? And you can tell because of the birth rate,..."
"...resilient. And our abilities have become dormant because we've become too complacent. Western lifestyle have made us extremely lazy and fat. But the moment..."
"...for people to, like, switch their mindsets. Because people are so complacent nowadays. You know, I don't think Americans appreciate how great their country..."
"...is that in a bureaucratic environment, people are lazy, people are complacent, people just want to do the easiest thing possible. So it's much..."
"...that they can enslave, that they can rule over, who are complacent. What they want is compliancy. I feel sorry for these people because..."
"...create a condition where poor people became too lazy and too complacent, right? We want to teach them a lesson. So that's the world..."
"...that they can enslave, that they can rule over, who are complacent, who are complicit. Okay? The most important word nowadays that you're taught..."
"...to debt and slavery. And as a result, your people become complacent, lazy, indifferent. They're competing against each other. They really don't like the..."
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