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Jiang says economic depression can be attractive to elites because desperation makes authoritarian control easier and cheapens the purchase of assets.
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Desperation
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definition
He defines elite-admissions dissociative potential as desperation plus insecurity plus willingness to break rules in order to succeed.
model
Jiang defines the deepest motive of the war as a lethal combination of desperation and hubris: America must prevent a Eurasian Heartland alliance, but imperial self-belief makes it choose reckless means.
diagnosis
Jiang says the attacks on him reveal how desperate and anxious his opponents are.
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Jiang says Chinese ships in Australian waters reflect a broader Chinese push to extract resources as fast as possible and dump goods globally out of desperation and anxiety.
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Jiang predicts the AI bubble will eventually collapse because vast capital has gone in without a durable business model, and he treats sexual-chat features as a sign of that desperation.
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diagnosis
Jiang says the American empire is dying but desperate, so once it starts down this expansionary path in the hemisphere it will keep escalating rather than stop.
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The host says the policy now looks desperate because it may be driving the opposite reaction among Western and American Jews, even as it seeks to force them back into alignment with Israel.
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"The problem is that the United States is doing this not for the natural interest. The United States is doing this in order to..."
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"...it is is a lethal toxic combination of both hubris and desperation so let me take some time to explain what I mean okay..."
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"where would emerge in the Eurasian Heartland okay so basically Europe and Asia and at this time there were several candidates that have emerged..."
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"printing machine called the Bank of England they financed uh Europe to fight against Napoleon seven times and they lost six times but ultimately..."
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"That's what they are. Right. Like, like why are you attacking me of all people, but it just shows you how desperate and anxious..."
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"...European market everywhere around the world. So I think it's just desperation and anxiety. It's not a good long term strategy, but you know."
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"...AI to do that? And I think it's a sign of desperation. And I think that what people don't really appreciate is the elite,..."
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"Yeah. So different players, different nations, um, are driven by different ideologies, right? So if you're America, it's really reactive, um, it's really defensive...."
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"will continue and continue because the American empire is, is just grasping, it's just trying to cling, cling on, um, it's dying and it's,..."
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"When you were talking there, Professor Jha, it almost seems unbelievable and a bit desperate to take this strategy, given that it seems like..."
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"But at this point, it does feel like it is almost like a blood sport. It's almost like this is what you do in..."
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"And I think that's a big part of it. And I think that's a big part of it. It seems like it just keeps..."
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