Jiang applies a general model of civilizational internal tension to the IVC: elite overproduction creates class conflict, while rat utopia creates conflict between old and young.
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Internal Tension
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"They start also migrating to the rest of India. To the Ganges. Okay? As well, because of this climate change, the IVC itself is..."
"Okay? Or it could be internally among the families. Okay? But there's going to be some social tension going on. The other social tension..."
"...other hand the other force that's driving this conflict is the internal Tensions within these countries. So before we looked at the idea of..."
"...Meaning that it was wracked by all these internal revolts and internal tensions, and it was only because of its size and inertia that..."
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