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Jiang suggests that frontier technology narratives (e.g., Mars colonization via robots) can be used to justify sacrifice and reinforce state legitimacy under stress.
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"You know, it's, it's entirely possible where they're looking for a new control mechanism, right? And they understand the power of narrative, how World..."
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"Or imagine, I'm thinking like a science fiction writer now. You, you are in this control grid, you see these Optimus robots, you think..."
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Jiang treats the Iran shock as a long-cycle pressure system: initial strikes fail, the state shifts to durable economic coercion, and public attention is expected to absorb scarcity, distraction, and control mechanisms as this...
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