Jiang treats cross-cultural belief in voodoo, ghosts, and demons as live evidence that possession remains intelligible outside a modern secular frame.
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A student says the Divine Comedy reunites thought, religion, and love into a unifying principle that can cross cultural divisions.
Jiang accepts those historical reasons but argues that the timing still matters: the Renaissance came after Dante because the Divine Comedy required about a century to embed itself in Florence's imagination and culture.
He argues that any civilizational supremacy, whether white, Chinese, or Japanese, would arise from the same deeper logic of empire, communal pride, and conflict over whose story is legitimate.
Jiang says Tucker Carlson became emotional after their show because Carlson is an American patriot who cares deeply about protecting American civilization and culture.
He argues Anglo-American thought is structured by individual achievement and rebellion against constraint, while Russian thought stresses duty, humility, and rejecting egoic overreaching.
Education, media, and culture are described as the indoctrination mechanisms that make people believe the order is fair, just, and normal.
Elite boomers in education, media, and culture are described as cave-prisoners who benefit from the system and force politicians and the military to defend the illusion of empire.
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"you think demonic possession or energetic possession isn't real any thoughts any comments and again there are no right answers but i'm curious as..."
"grow up in southeast asia in malaysia singapore there's voodoo magic as we all know um so then oh in africa like if you..."
"...uniting well it's a way to just unite everyone whatever the culture or area what does divine comedy"
"...enough time for the divine economy to fully fully incubate the culture does that make sense because you need to create mass right so..."
"...artwork to fully embed itself in the imagination and in the culture okay okay so so again we can argue forever what was the..."
"...okay? It's just like, you know, we are part of a culture. It is right and good for us to be part of our..."
"...to protect what's best about America, especially its civilization, especially its culture. And he's been very consistent about this, okay? And so for a..."
"As you point out, the Chinese are not eschatological in the way that the Russians and Americans are."
"...people are enslaved. It just sucks the soul out of your culture. I mean, I hate to say this, but but but I mean,..."
"Okay? So this is what he's saying. He's saying like, no, anyone can become a god. I'm a snake. If I can become human,..."
"Or is it envy? And can envy dwell in heavenly breasts? These, these, and many more causes import your need of this fair fruit...."
"is so focused on individual achievement, you can actually force them into a civil war by exploiting the selfishness, the egotism of the people...."
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