Jiang argues that before David nothing in the Bible has been proven historical, and the Bible's events do not connect cleanly as either chronology or pure fiction.
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Jiang argues that before David nothing in the Bible has been proven historical, and the Bible's events do not connect cleanly as either chronology or pure fiction.
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Jiang calls capital a bubble and a fiction when it becomes detached from work and production, turning wealth into rent-seeking speculation.
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"...makes no sense if you see this as a work of fiction like a lot of people do this doesn't make much sense either..."
"...Why is it a bubble? Because, capital isn't real. It's a fiction. You understand? So, in other words, you, you don't work anymore. You..."
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