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Civil wars between princes are really conflicts between political factions, with sons or princes serving as figureheads for groups striving for power.
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Chinese students are chasing English, dollars, and Western immigration because they are already inside a British-made world game.
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"...who are all striving for power, and the sons are just figureheads for these political factions. Okay, does that make sense? Okay? Okay, so..."
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"The other must obey. And that's why, throughout history, so much violence has been between princes, okay? Who are striving for this top position...."
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"...king, William of Orange, agrees to be the puppet or the figurehead, but the real power is in Parliament. And so this creates the..."
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"...ultimate authority ultimate sovereignty in Britain. And the king is a figurehead. And this is significant because it will now allow Britain to energize..."
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"...So in the feudal system, the king is more like a figurehead who is appointed as maybe the chairman or the elected leader, okay?"
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"...Lord B, Lord C. And the king was more of a figurehead. And he really didn't have that much authority over the local regions..."
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"...local leader. Yeah, it doesn't matter. The emperor is just a figurehead. The emperor has no power, right? Because if you think about it,..."
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"...the American president? And the answer is that he's really a figurehead. Okay? He's not that powerful. Okay? Because, as Celine points out, power..."
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Chinese students are chasing English, dollars, and Western immigration because they are already inside a British-made world game.
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Britain becomes empire not because it begins powerful, but because it begins divided, poor, exposed, and forced to change.
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Gunpowder is not powerful because it makes a louder weapon.
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A June 2024 lecture arguing that the next American civil war will not repeat 1861.
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