Iran's muted response is, in Jiang's reading, a strategy of controlled humiliation: hold the population back until insult and anger force the regime toward declaring war.
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Humiliation
Iran's muted response is, in Jiang's reading, a strategy of controlled humiliation: hold the population back until insult and anger force the regime toward declaring war.
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Jiang says historical vassalage can become a source of strength because humiliation creates humility, reflection on weakness, and eventual resilience.
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"Hi YouTube, Professor Jiang here with another update. So, things seem to have quieted down in the Middle East. But as I said, all..."
"You want to infuriate your population. So let me explain what I mean. Livy, the Roman historian, he wrote the entire history of the..."
"So that's what's happening in Iran today. The Iranian people are clearly insulted and humiliated by this U.S. bombing, and the Iranian government is..."
"...The last factor is vassalage. Okay? So, the idea that historical humiliation and subjection force reflection and resilience. Because Moscow, for the longest time,..."
"...I often hear from Xi Jinping talk about the century of humiliation. And that was really, really horrendous. What was done. So China was..."
"...the thought of how do we not get a century of humiliation again? You know, because if this parasite can completely destroy a civilization,..."
"...And so what happened was that during, during China's century of humiliation, there was a deep reflection within Chinese culture as to why this..."
"...on, on the character of your elite. During the sense of humiliation, there's a deep sense, that we have to constantly reflect on our,..."
"...in the people, that never really existed during the sense of humiliation. People in China literally think they're the best in the world. And..."
"...I mean, yes, you're absolutely right in that China's sense of humiliation was devastating. You're absolutely right in that China's progress has been amazing...."
"We do not demand their humiliation or submission. Rather, we demand only that they respect our reasonably conceived interests and those of our allies..."
"humiliation in order to just be together okay it's a beautiful love story and this is a great thing about the bible the bible..."
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