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Mongol contempt for local culture, especially in Yuan China, made rule unstable and contributed to Chinese rebellion.
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Contempt
Dante's Hell is not just a ladder of sins in this lecture.
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Dante's Hell is not just a ladder of sins in this lecture.
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He says Viking curiosity and respect let Vikings assimilate into surrounding cultures, while Mongol contempt and exploitation prevented a rich cultural legacy.
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Jiang says the meritocratic ruling class lives in a social bubble that prevents real empathy for ordinary people and turns poverty into moral contempt.
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In the garbled close of the packet, Jiang appears to argue that American failure is driven not only by weak strategic thinking but also by deep contempt for other nations' military seriousness, illustrated with Chinese performance in Korea.
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Jiang argues that American strategic failure comes not only from weak analysis but from deep contempt for other nations, which leads Washington to underrate their military seriousness.
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Mercouris frames the contempt problem as a standing American assumption that Russians are incompetent and inefficient.
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"And as a result, they have a very, they live in a bubble. They see the world in a very jaded manner. And, and,..."
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"...little money. You should be unemployed. Okay? So there's just this contempt. There's just this visual discontent for the ordinary people among the elite..."
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"built for power or for Rohingya you know the in the national security system the real world is not exactly going to be able..."
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"...think it's just like lack of force and it's also deep contempt for other nations as well but"
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"...no different with the russians because exactly back to what exactly contempt in that they're incompetent that they're inefficient and all of those things..."
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"...And they didn't want to. Also, much more problematic was their contempt for the local culture. If you have contempt for the local culture,..."
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"...they still had respect for their opponents. They never developed a contempt for their opponents. They were surrounded by the Byzantines, the Muslims, and..."
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"...belief that people are an infinite resource. And they had tremendous contempt for Chinese culture, okay? And that changes you as a person. When..."
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"So, I would much prefer to be a Viking. I would much prefer to be enslaved by a Viking than a Mongol. Like, if..."
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"Whereas the Mongols were not curious about the world. They were intent on conquest. And enslaving other people, and exploiting other people. Okay? They..."
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"...both Sodom and Cahors and all those who speak in passionate contempt of God."
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"...respect her anymore. And she knows that the neighboring warlords have contempt for her. And they might even attack her, because previously she rebuffed..."
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Dante's Hell is not just a ladder of sins in this lecture.
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