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Jiang's model that America fights wars to maintain the perception that disobedience will be punished.
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empire-as-bully
Jiang's model that America fights wars to maintain the perception that disobedience will be punished.
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"...to prove to the world that i'm still the biggest baddest bully on the block so you better obey me or i'll come beat..."
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"...america invaded iran to show russia i'm still the biggest baddest bully and now we understand what iran is doing iran is now attacking..."
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"...is this. They can say, okay, the United States is a bully. They force us to play by the rules. They get very angry..."
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"...the second problem. And the third problem is nationalism. When you bully nations like what America is doing right now to the Europeans. So..."
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"...wanted to kill us I mean I mean this appeasement of bullies I don't know if you in your life that's work for you..."
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"...United States because the United States is too much of a bully. And at this point, in the short term, China has no choice..."
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"...wars for no reason you understand it's like being the school bully right people pay you money because they think that you're a bully..."
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"...the thought experiment is this. Let's just say that there's a bully. Okay? And he's the biggest guy in the school. And he has..."
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"...Maybe a dollar. Who knows? Okay? And the friends of the bully go collect the tax, and then give him all the money. Okay?..."
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"...cafeteria. Okay? But then what happens over time is that the bully gets more and more arrogant because he feels invincible. Everyone just obeys..."
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"...doesn't know he's supposed to pay a tax. Right? So the bully's friend comes over and says, Hey man, where's the dollar? And he's..."
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"...I'm happy not having any friends. Okay? And so then the bully and his friends start to discuss, how can we get this new..."
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Jiang turns the Epstein files into a theory of war: social reality is a cave, the dollar is a consciousness trap, empire survives by looking invincible, and the exposed parasite network is already fighting...
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