A historical condition in which social chaos and warfare pressure ordinary people toward evil and reward the most ruthless actors.
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evil time
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Jiang says the real condition Dante faces is historical chaos: when society becomes kill-or-be-killed, people are pushed into evil, the worst actors usually win in this world, and the urgent question becomes what response is possible now rather than after Judgment Day.
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"...is facing, okay? He's trying to deal with. We live in evil time where everyone is forced to the evil. And so what can..."
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