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The bourgeoisie are the moneyed town elite who finance war, industry, and roads and therefore tend to be conservative because they already possess status.
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Conservatism
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...important. Um, it's very much cultural. Um, it's culturally embedded this conservatism and this very narrow minded way of seeing the world to use..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...important. Um, it's very much cultural. Um, it's culturally embedded this conservatism and this very narrow minded way of seeing the world to use..."
Key Notes
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What united Caesar's enemies was the feeling that Rome was changing too fast under reforms that were long-term good for the Republic but short-term threatening to senators and nobles.
model
Because helot revolts were a constant threat, Jiang says Sparta became conservative, conformist, and isolationist, with little interest in the world outside Sparta.
diagnosis
He argues that China's pride in five thousand years of continuity can also function as anti-change and anti-creativity.
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"...important. Um, it's very much cultural. Um, it's culturally embedded this conservatism and this very narrow minded way of seeing the world to use..."
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"...in the west may see this as a very deep rooted conservatism that inhibits, uh, progress and change. And so there's probably a need..."
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"They come from the same families. Okay? But they're the leading elite of society. Okay? You have the tall people, the nobility and the..."
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"The burgers. And the leading citizens of a town usually are the factory owners. The merchants. The people who trade. The bankers. The people..."
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"Basically, vanity. He believes, or he's told, that he's named after Lucius Brutus, the founder of the Republic, and therefore, he has a responsibility..."
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"because he was from the provinces, and they were foreigners, the Roman people were very upset by this. Okay? That's the first thing. Second..."
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"So young soldiers would often... They would often be required to patrol at night, okay? They would maybe lie in the fields. Because now..."
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"The Spartans, as a culture, were very conservative, okay? They liked the way that... They liked the way... They wanted things to stay the..."
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Jiang's education argument begins with a narrow definition and ends with a democratic dream.
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The French Revolution is not introduced as politics first.
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Rome does not hand Octavian power because he is the best general, the most charismatic speaker, or the obvious heir.
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Greek history begins with geography, but it ends here as a theory of abundance, blocked status, and pointless war: when the line stops moving, the young do not overthrow the old order directly.
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