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He claims state power is legible primarily through religious-eschatological assumptions, so interpreting geopolitics requires tracking extremist ideas, not just institutions.
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Jiang says fringe eschatologies cannot be ignored because they create directional force on the mainstream; the most extreme and violent eschatology tends to win out by working hardest.
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A security service can rationally support extremists because extremists discredit opposition, deepen factional conflict, justify repression, produce intelligence, and can be aimed at political enemies.
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Jiang makes the controversial general claim that religions survive because minorities are willing to die for them; compromise alone makes religions disappear quickly.
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He says eschatology is powerful because it answers the heart's questions of origin, purpose, and destination, thereby galvanizing extremists into action.
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"And so I should, uh, be, be more aware of that. At the same time, I don't want to sacrifice, um, this platform where..."
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"And that was my thesis from last class. So, uh, David Bromwich is just stating or summarizing my major point, but I did, I..."
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"Right. So eschatology comes from the Greek word eschaton, which means the end. So eschatology literally means the study of the end times. But..."
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"go and create the nations of Israel, bring all the Jews back, build the third temple, defeat all the enemies, then the Messiah will..."
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"in a certain direction, then whichever eschatology is the most extreme, the most violent, will be the one that wins out, okay? Okay, does..."
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"But if you're a secret police and you ask yourself what are the benefits of helping them, it turns out there's quite a lot...."
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"Once industrialization happens, capitalism will automatically make the proletariat class conscious. And when they're class conscious, they become industrialized. They will unite and overthrow..."
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"...Bolsheviks. We'll see evidence for this later on. By supporting political extremism, you also induce political violence to justify more state control. You collect..."
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"Kill Alexander II. You also have false flag operations where you have extremists on behalf of your enemy create terrorist events within the country..."
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"a law. We want to maintain the purity of our religion because that's the only way to save our people. Okay? And that's why..."
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"the religion, a minority, but still a lot of people who are willing to die for the religion. That's something we'll discuss later on..."
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"...united. But a theocracy is bad because it can lead to extremism and extremism can divide a population. Okay. So it's possible that as..."
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