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He argues that elites have no real loyalty to people, state, or family; they do whatever accumulates power.
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Game of Thrones
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Elite loyalties are fundamentally self-interested, which Jiang compresses as “the world is just a Game of Thrones.”
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"...for them to accumulate power okay and this idea of Game of Thrones right so I'm not sure if"
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"you've seen a television show or read the book series Game of Thrones but the world is Game of Thrones and these people who..."
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"...idea is that the elite have shifting loyalties. Think of Game of Thrones. I'm not sure if you guys have seen the TV series..."
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"Yeah, it's very much like Game of Thrones. I keep mentioning there's this little finger character who is befriending these leaders and then leading..."
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"...it i mean it's it's like the last season of game of thrones they know it's gonna be disaster and it became so indifferent..."
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"You may like the Game of Thrones television series. I'm not sure if you've watched it, but that series is actually based on the..."
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"...gruesome stories will come from this medieval period. It's a Game of Thrones situation. Okay?"
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"now a volatile Game of Thrones situation Game of Thrones Mark Anthony considers himself the legitimate here of Caesar and refuses to acknowledge Octavia..."
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"...now in charge of the Senate and everyone in this game of thrones has a different motivation, right? So Cicero, his main motivation is..."
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"...this is a situation in 44 BCE and it's a game of thrones situation and you could you would expect the one who would..."
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"...that make sense? Because remember, at this time, it's basically Game of Thrones. Every nation is at each other's throat. Okay? And they hate..."
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