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He argues that sacrificial commitment, not mere cleverness, selects the leader in a crisis group: the one who shows willingness to lose a hand wins devotion over the wise adviser.
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Devotion
He argues that sacrificial commitment, not mere cleverness, selects the leader in a crisis group: the one who shows willingness to lose a hand wins devotion over the wise adviser.
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Jiang's alternative military-strength model asks whether soldiers are cohesive, disciplined, and devoted.
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Brutus' execution of his two sons is used to define Roman devotion as putting the republic above family and personal grief.
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The bridge story is used to show that any Roman, not only nobles, can become a hero through courage and devotion to Rome.
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Roman devotion means all or nothing: Romans neither surrender nor show mercy to enemies.
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"65 he is wise he has experience yes strategies so he delivers a very powerful speech inspiring everyone and telling people how they can..."
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"and devotion to everyone else the old man has ideas and he will become the advisor to the leader but the leader is the..."
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"And if you analyze it this way, then Rome should be no match against Carthage. Right? Carthage is a lot wealthier. It has more..."
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"And the third is devotion. How committed are they to winning? Okay? So if you want to see how powerful a nation is militarily,..."
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"And this conspiracy was discovered and everyone was caught and imprisoned. It turns out Lucius Brutus has two sons. Okay? He has two sons...."
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"...shocked by this public display. Okay? This is the idea of devotion. Right? You are so devoted to Rome that you're willing to sacrifice..."
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"And it was in the memory and honor of Lucius Brutus that they would assassinate Julius Caesar. But we'll discuss this next class. Okay...."
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"...just an ordinary Roman who had the courage he had the devotion to fight for Rome."
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"...well as the history books. Okay? So that's a Roman mentality. Devotion means all or nothing. Okay? You don't surrender but you also don't..."
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The lecture asks how evil triumphs and answers with a disturbing mechanism: break the taboo publicly, remove retreat, and the group becomes one body.
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Hannibal can destroy an army, but he cannot make Rome accept defeat.
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