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He argues the plan will fail because nationalism makes subordinate nations seek independence, while corruption and polarization weaken America internally.
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Division
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...okay? They could do that. The problem then is you have division and corruption. Okay? So an empire in decline always suffers from corruption..."
Key Notes
diagnosis
In the empire stage, factions care less about the empire than about their own team emerging on top, which makes the center insular, corrupt, and divided.
interpretation
The Thomas saying about making two one means divisions such as male/female or Chinese/American are false projections overcome through imagination and connection to the divine.
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Caesar faces one man versus an entire empire, but he has a highly disciplined, personally devoted army and opponents divided by distrust of Pompey's growing power.
diagnosis
Macedon's royal structure created chronic succession conflict because many royal sons could claim the throne and foreign powers backed rival claimants to keep Macedon divided.
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"...okay? They could do that. The problem then is you have division and corruption. Okay? So an empire in decline always suffers from corruption..."
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"...in a lot of trouble because it's a very corrupt place. Division means that the Democrats and Republicans fight all the time, what we..."
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"Does that make sense? And then to solve the problem of coordination, you have the idea of eschatology. Eschatology is just mythology, all right?..."
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"You don't care about the enemies of the Empire. All you care about that you, your team, emerges on top of the game, okay?..."
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"jesus saw infants being suckled he said he was disapposed these infants being suckled are like those who enter the kingdom they said to..."
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"kingdom okay so um again this is similar to what we've learned before right what he's saying is this we are born into this..."
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"...all things the Harmony of all things the Jewish is the division of all"
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"Okay? That's a problem for Caesar because remember, Rome gets its food from the provinces. Okay? So in other words, all Pompey has to..."
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"...That's the first major advantage. The second major advantage is the division within the ultimate opposition. Okay? Because even though the optimists, Cato and..."
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"These are mountainous people who live in fortresses. It's almost impossible to invade them, and it's easy for them to come and attack you...."
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"And the thing is that these sons are always supported by another foreign power, okay? Because the foreign powers want Macedon to be always..."
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Julius Caesar was not only a general or politician.
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