Jiang reframes Brutus and Cassius as the betrayers of a host, since they gained access to Caesar as friends, allies, and guests inside his circle.
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Jiang distinguishes parasite and host: the elite occult-capital system extracts value while the imperial/social order supplies the host it feeds on.
Nation-states are described as hosts and hidden transnational groups as parasites that choreograph wars to extract wealth before the host collapses.
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"So I think Julius Caesar was about to give a big speech, and in the forum, before they beckoned him in and said, let's..."
"...of guests. But what this is is the betrayal of the host. Does it make sense? They are guests in his house. He is..."
"...is suck up value extract value okay and this is the host so in fact these are two separate systems right this is the..."
"...to understand is this. America, these nation -states, it's just a host. What matters is the parasite. What matters are the secret societies, these..."
"...satisfaction, I said, than if I'd held my tongue before. I host a deeper doubt within my mind. How can a good that's shared..."
"...and his subject strong both against the deed then as his host who should against his murderer shut the door not bear the knife..."
"...we once were urged by courtesy and love, where hearts now host perversity."
"...we once were urged by courtesy and love where hearts now host perversity. So love, I would say. Yeah."
"...probably is that if you're a guest you um disrespect the host because that's what paris for example did when he was he was..."
"...never really thought about where the gas purposefully uh betrays the host uh but yeah but that's a great question for us to think..."
"...think Lucifer reminds me of a giant data center. It can host all kind of programs, can process information, but ultimately it lacks its..."
"...hell. Because Brutus and Cassius, not only did they kill the host, right? But they killed God himself."
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