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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "decline because of Civil War because they get exhausted because the world unites against them but it's never because the people rise up against..."
Jiang argues that empires do not usually fall because ordinary people rise up directly against them; instead they break through civil war, exhaustion, and external opposition.
"decline because of Civil War because they get exhausted because the world unites against them but it's never because the people rise up against..."
The interview sounds scattered at first, but its logic is consistent.
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