Jiang's model of settlement rise and fall begins with messianic vision and artistic community, then moves through population pressure, farming dependence, hereditary hierarchy, corruption, memory loss, and exit.
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Exit
A source-grounded reading of Jiang's central claim: late Inferno is where private vice hardens into social design.
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's central claim: late Inferno is where private vice hardens into social design.
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Because reform-minded parents leave, they are not inside China fighting for reform.
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"Before you can kill animals, you need to pray to the gods and ask for permission. After you kill the animals, you must thank..."
"And over time, as the population grows, they become much more dependent on farming, okay? So it's a gradual process. It doesn't happen overnight...."
"Yeah. And possibly for junior high school. A lot of parents are choosing to immigrate to America, to Canada, to New Zealand. Just for..."
"...helpless words that from the first had found no path or exit from the flame transformed into the language of the fire"
"...inscribed upon him more than a hundred spirits sat within in exit to Israel day, Egypt to with what is written after that Psalm..."
"...is to access it for the benefit of mankind or to exit it when the intention will dominate the world. Exactly. So when I..."
"...these wars going, but they're going to lose. What is the exit strategy for the elites then? You know, because I'm sure they have..."
"What is the exit strategy for the elites then? You know, because I'm sure they have exit strategies. I'm not sure that they do...."
"...seems as though there is no real off -ramp or quick exit for Trump. This war is going to drag on possibly for months,..."
"...two years of my presidency look like a victory. And I exit – I'm 82 years old as a victor, right? Is that –..."
"...they actually sail between two Iranian -controlled islands. That's the only exit channel. So you're going right between two islands where they have the..."
"...in a lot of trouble and the elderly voluntarily choose to exit power and give it to the young. Alright? But I think Japan..."
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