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The class links Lucifer to contractual soul-deals and to a permanently tethered condition in which he offers others upward escape while being unable to ascend himself.
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Contracts
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Jiang says a fraudulent world makes it impossible to make promises, contracts, or cooperative social arrangements.
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The origin of finance is narrated as merchants turning gold receipts into transferable contracts, then lending receipts instead of gold and thereby multiplying claims on the same underlying gold.
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"Yes? Maybe try to sign a contract, because the devil and the demon, they always want to sign a contract with you. Exactly, yes...."
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"Right? For your soul, right? And this is the plot, of course, for Faust. And this is a very common thing. Yes?"
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"Well, we have to show him tethered in some way. Where he is selling a path upwards to all the people he's giving deals..."
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"...understand? Right? It's impossible to make promises. It's impossible to make contracts. It's impossible to cooperate. It's impossible to cooperate anymore. Okay? Yeah. Okay...."
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"...a bank for safekeeping. And the bank would give you a contract. Right? A contract is just saying, thank you for giving me your..."
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"...for better and easier trade because now I can take this contract and I can go to England. Okay? Maybe I'm based in Italy...."
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"...for you. So why don't I give you a receipt, a contract instead? Does that make sense? Because all I need is a contract...."
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