diagnosis
He reads the Mongol Empire as the most successful iteration of a broader steppe pattern rather than an isolated anomaly.
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Mongol empire
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...if you go back to history, and this is during the Mongol empire, the Mongols sent two expeditions against Japan and against Vietnam, and..."
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The Mongol Empire assimilated locally after splitting, so its enormous conquests were not politically sustainable.
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He uses the Mongol invasions of Japan and Vietnam and the Vietnam War as evidence that some regional societies will absorb punishment and keep fighting in a way he thinks China will not.
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"...if you go back to history, and this is during the Mongol empire, the Mongols sent two expeditions against Japan and against Vietnam, and..."
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"That's the way the Viennese are. The Chinese are completely different, okay? If you try to invade Japan, the Japanese would do the same..."
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"And they are intent on a policy of eradication against the steppe people. So they come into conflict with the steppe people who are..."
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"...steppe people. And their conflicts with the agricultural empires. So the Mongol Empire is the second largest empire ever in human history. Only the..."
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"...to you why it was not sustainable. And why ultimately the Mongol Empire declined. But while it was still in place. It created something..."
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"...be China. But if it's able to emerge, eventually, like the Mongol Empire, it's able to conquer the entire Eurasian continent. And through railways,..."
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"Then you have the Turks emerge. This is the Mongol Empire. And as you can see, they conquer basically most of the world. And..."
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"...the Byzantine Empire, but it's also restoring the Pax Mongolica, the Mongol Empire. So Moscow sees itself as the heirs to both the Byzantine..."
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"...They pay taxes, they pay tribute, they provide troops to the Mongol Empire. But it's the Mongol Empire that is the great power at..."
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"...Okay? Moscow starts off as this very small principality within the Mongol Empire. And then it will eventually become the successor to the Mongol..."
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"...Russian Empire will expand really quickly until it absorbs the entire Mongol Empire, as well as unify all of Northern Asia. Okay? It is..."
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"...place we call Kyrgyzstan today. And it traveled all over the Mongol Empire. It made its way to Europe. And it devastated Europe. Okay?..."
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