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Collapse is sudden rather than gradual because authoritarian societies cannot survive a perfect storm of crises when criticism is forbidden.
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Criticism
Collapse is sudden rather than gradual because authoritarian societies cannot survive a perfect storm of crises when criticism is forbidden.
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Jiang argues that Euripides was less respected in Athens while alive because, unlike plays that celebrated Athenian democracy, he criticized it.
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For Jiang, Euripides's criticism of Athenian democracy is also a defense of it, because democracy requires argumentation, debate, and self-reflection.
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"So, in the rise phase, what matters first and foremost is unity of the people. We're all working together. There's empathy. There's concern for..."
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"We'll still be here. But, actually, the collapse happens really fast. Why? The reason why is this system cannot survive external shocks. So, external..."
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"Oh, that's a great question. Why do people trust the fortune tellers? Because remember, everyone's religious. So the fortune tellers speak on behalf of..."
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"But Euripides, he criticized Athenian democracy. All right? So, the example is, in 415 BCE, and this is the height of the Peloponnesian War,..."
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"Euripides was probably in the audience, right, because everyone was in the audience when the speech was given, OK? And he reimagines his funeral..."
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"...notice of the fact. Okay, so this is a very fair criticism in that by saying clarity, I oversimplify ideas."
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"...U S ever after. Okay. So this is a very fair criticism and he should know because he is one of one America's, um,..."
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"...as paradise lost. Okay. But again, this is a very fair criticism in that I'm not presenting to you the majority understanding of these..."
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"...though Europe itself cannot sustain this immigration. And the response to criticism is to silence critics. Right? So in Europe, if you're a criminal,..."
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"Right? So if you make a criticism on social media, you're much more likely to get visited by the police than if you actually..."
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"...read La Commedia, you'll find there are a lot of direct criticisms of the Catholic Church. Also, La Commedia was written in response to..."
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"...read La Commedia, you'll find there are a lot of direct criticisms of the Catholic Church. Also, La Commedia was written in response to..."
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Societies do not fall because one problem gets worse in a straight line.
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