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12 timestamped hits 8 source readings 1 extracted note Newest source: 2026-04-24, day precision Aliases: european-powers

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European Power

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...I think that the Western Empire the United States Great Britain European powers NATO you know they're all completely spread paper thin they're exhausted..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...I think that the Western Empire the United States Great Britain European powers NATO you know they're all completely spread paper thin they're exhausted..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: The War Continues, So Financial Power Keeps Its Levers (2026-04-24, day precision).

Most connected source readings: The War Continues, So Financial Power Keeps Its Levers; Pax Judaica, Piggy Banks, And The Prison State; Pirates, Proxies, and the Empire That Refuses to Die.

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Modernity Needs A Scapegoat

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

Transcript

"And the Sidonians. Right. The Sidonians. I resolved to go myself to St. Petersburg. I had on my arrival an interview with the Russian..."

Modernity Needs A Scapegoat

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

Transcript

"Cancrun. I beheld the son of a Lithusianian Jew. The loan was connected with the affairs of Spain. I resolved on repairing to Spain..."

Modernity Needs A Scapegoat

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

Transcript

"Manasa. But to my anecdote. The consequence of our consultations was that some Northern powers should be applied to in a friendly and mediative..."

The Nation Is The New God

2025-06-05, day precision 路 Civilization #58: Birth of the Nation-State

Transcript

"...industrial nation that, in 1905, was able to defeat a major European power, the Russians, in a war. Okay? And this was shocking because..."

Russia And The Mystery Of The Heart

2025-05-20, day precision 路 Civilization #53: Dostoevsky and the Soul of Russia

Transcript

"...great military power. Okay? So, for most of Russian history, the European powers didn't really take Russia seriously. And they just thought that the..."

Russia And The Mystery Of The Heart

2025-05-20, day precision 路 Civilization #53: Dostoevsky and the Soul of Russia

Transcript

"...Okay? For the first time, Russia is now considered a great European power because it's defeated the great military power of Europe, Sweden. Okay?..."

Relevant Lectures And Readings

Modernity Needs A Scapegoat

2025-12-16, day precision 路 claims, semantic-ref

Reading

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

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