Jiang argues that Euripides reimagines Pericles's funeral oration as the mother holding her son's head and celebrating her own bravery.
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He compares Trump to Zelenskyy as a leader who prioritizes television image and predicts Trump is likely to order a land invasion of Iran because it would look strong on TV.
Jiang argues that Putin's personal charisma and carefully cultivated Ubermensch image are a major reason Russia can convert battlefield performance into world-historical appeal.
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"...of it is just that he spent decades refining um an image of himself as this uberman you know like like you go back..."
"Euripides was probably in the audience, right, because everyone was in the audience when the speech was given, OK? And he reimagines his funeral..."
"He was distorting reality for people through television. The problem with that, though, is it's not reality, guys, okay? Reality, the reality on the..."
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