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3 timestamped hits 2 source readings 1 extracted note Newest source: 2026-04-15, day precision Aliases: ends-justify-mean, ends-justify-means, ends-justify-the-mean, mean, means

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ends justify the means

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...to authority um these are people who believe that the ends justify the means these are people who actually know moral conviction at all..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...to authority um these are people who believe that the ends justify the means these are people who actually know moral conviction at all..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: Empire Is Evil, but It Pays (2026-04-15, day precision).

Most connected source readings: Empire Is Evil, but It Pays; Modernity Needs A Scapegoat.

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Modernity Needs A Scapegoat

2025-12-16, day precision · Secret History #27: Empire of Evil

Transcript

"We just have to do what we need in order to obtain power. Then we can create our socialist paradise. Okay? All right? All..."

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Empire Is Evil, but It Pays

2026-04-15, day precision · SNEAKO X Professor Jiang X Dave Smith | Unity Amidst Chaos - Full Panel Discussion

Transcript

"...to authority um these are people who believe that the ends justify the means these are people who actually know moral conviction at all..."

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Relevant Lectures And Readings

Modernity Needs A Scapegoat

2025-12-16, day precision · glossary, semantic-ref

Reading

A source-grounded reading of Jiang’s lecture on transnational capital, British sea empire, Frankist revolutionary theology, Disraeli’s Coningsby, Bolshevism, Marx, Bakunin, and Freud: modernity appears as a machine that hides capital, displays a scapegoat, turns...

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