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One student says Dante helps modern readers see money, power, AI, and technology as variations on old human patterns, recalling them to history and truth rather than leaving them trapped in confusion.
Jiang uses money as an analogue for successful alchemy by saying human beings already turn paper into gold-like purchasing power through symbolic intermediaries.
The stronger version of that argument is that these falsifiers manipulate large social trust, such as money or the destiny of an entire civilization, not just one interpersonal exchange.
A student suggests plague or illness strips away confidence in money and power and redirects dependence toward God, which Jiang accepts as a useful opening to the discussion.
A student argues meritocracy is largely a label that measures society by the same prestige sticks such as money and status.
A student says lending at interest is sinful because it uses money to make money without producing actual good or working to earn it.
Jiang says that when immigrants bring divergent values, money becomes the only usable common denominator for unifying society.
Jiang argues that once money becomes the unifying value, it drives social separation and materialism.
"feel impressive because before the Dante's I just feel confused about money about power about AI about technology and all of these things I..."
"...succeeded in doing so. Because now we have the idea of money, right? What is money? Money is alchemy. Because what I've done is..."
"...right? If I add an intermediary step, which is like. Print money, then I saw the problem, right? I can use money to buy..."
"They're all manipulating a larger trust. So, money is, it's not just trust between individuals, it's trust by society, right? Um, what's the other..."
"...know i'm i think other people just didn't don't believe in money they believe in god because only the god can can you know..."
"...it it's just using the same stick to measure society like money like all these prestige and all that right okay so so so..."
"I think in the Bible, it was a sin to lend money and everything because it doesn't produce any actual good. It's like using..."
"So, materialism? Money. Do you understand? If you have immigrants come in, everyone shares different values, the only value that you have to create,..."
"All right? So, again, again, this is not politically correct, okay? But again, we're trying to examine why societies decline, and so you have,..."
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