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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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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"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...."
"...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 –..."
"...in a lot of trouble and the elderly voluntarily choose to exit power and give it to the young. Alright? But I think Japan..."
"...do in modern society killing children guys right so there's no exit for Israel you either go all the way or the world comes..."
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