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12 timestamped hits 8 source readings 2 extracted notes Newest source: 2026-06-25, day precision Aliases: missile-programs, program, programs

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Missile program

A source-grounded reading of a five-hour hybrid workshop that begins with Macbeth and ends by turning Purgatory, free will, tragedy, envy, and generosity into one model of human transformation.

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A source-grounded reading of a five-hour hybrid workshop that begins with Macbeth and ends by turning Purgatory, free will, tragedy, envy, and generosity into one model of human transformation.

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: Macbeth's Deed And Dante's Hope (2026-06-25, day precision).

Most connected source readings: Macbeth's Deed And Dante's Hope; Purgatory Begins By Washing Virgil Off; Dante Against Obedience.

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Key Notes

Missile program

Glossary

A core IRGC responsibility that Jiang says absorbs much of Iran's military spending.

Answer to student question in 2024-05-24 lecture.

definition

The regular military still exists, but Jiang says the IRGC dominates because it controls the navy, the Strait of Hormuz, smuggling opportunities, the missile program, and foreign policy through the Axis of Resistance.

Timestamped Evidence

Raisi's Death and the Beneficiary Test

2024-05-24, day precision · Geo-Strategy #7: Who Killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi?

Transcript

"...first thing. Second thing is that they're also responsible for the missile program. The missile program. Okay? And this is where actually the military..."

Raisi's Death and the Beneficiary Test

2024-05-24, day precision · Geo-Strategy #7: Who Killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi?

Transcript

"And the third thing is, of course, foreign policy. Meaning that the Axis of Resistance gets... Sorry, the Axis of Resistance only interacts with..."

Macbeth's Deed And Dante's Hope

2026-06-25, day precision · Dante #10: Purgatory Cantos 5-14

Transcript

"...we've had um david bromwich professor bromwich joined yale center beijing programs and workshops on shakespeare and poetry during covid which was comfort during..."

Dante Against Obedience

2026-06-17, day precision · Dante Livestream #3 (Wednesday, June 17 10AM)

Transcript

"This is not a course. Okay. It's not an academic program. There's, for example, an Open也 course by a professor on Dante in translation...."

Dante Against Obedience

2026-06-17, day precision · Dante Livestream #3 (Wednesday, June 17 10AM)

Transcript

"...so um this is how I would understand okay Dante the program would not have been allowed to go on this journey unless he..."

The Exit Plan Is A School

2026-06-13, day precision · Live with Predictive History

Transcript

"...just had a Scientologist go and sleep with that person and program that person, okay? So cults are a great way to infiltrate societies...."

Follow the Dissonance, Then Follow the Funder

2026-06-07, day precision · Predictive History Founding Members #1

Transcript

"...by creating new reporting requirements congressional briefings annual assessments on cooperative programs and public updates provision will have no effect on existing congressional oversight..."

Relevant Lectures And Readings

Macbeth's Deed And Dante's Hope

2026-06-25, day precision · alias-match

Reading

A source-grounded reading of a five-hour hybrid workshop that begins with Macbeth and ends by turning Purgatory, free will, tragedy, envy, and generosity into one model of human transformation.

Dante Against Obedience

2026-06-17, day precision · alias-match

Reading

The seminar begins with line-by-line questions and expands into a larger claim: Dante matters because poetry trains imagination, vows turn hope into action, and faith, hope, and love stop meaning obedience and start meaning...

The Exit Plan Is A School

2026-06-13, day precision · alias-match

Reading

The stream begins as a thank-you and career update, but its real pressure is larger: leave China, refuse the influencer trap, build schools, democratize creativity, and prepare communities for a world Jiang thinks is...

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