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Jiang says hierarchy divides rich and poor into different worlds: poor people survive through obedience, while rich people maximize outcomes through negotiation.
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Jiang argues that because both sides frame their objectives differently, both America and Iran can think they are winning, making a negotiated peace settlement impossible.
He says the military posture is that America is winning, does not need real negotiation, and will negotiate with bombs.
Jiang says hierarchy divides rich and poor into different worlds: poor people survive through obedience, while rich people maximize outcomes through negotiation.
He argues that rich parents respect and debate with children because the rich child's future game is negotiation with peers and institutions.
"um Israel is humbled and the global economy is destroyed. But at the same time Iran is destroyed as a nation state it's balkanized..."
"...one. And that's why we see ourselves as part of this negotiation as well. We negotiate with bombs. You have a choice as we..."
"And so we're keeping our hand on that throttle as long as it's hard, as it's necessary. To ensure the interests of the United..."
"...reporting that Donald Trump is seeking an off -ramp. He's seeking negotiations. And what Peter Heksev says, no, let's negotiate with bombs, man. Okay."
"Okay? And it's the case because society is a hierarchy. Okay? And the hierarchy is usually divided between the rich and the poor. Okay?..."
"...as to figure out who should be the boss. Okay? So negotiation means debate and argument. So this helps us understand why different parents..."
"...as soon as possible. And so in other words, these ceasefire negotiations, it's really all for show. Because at the end of the day,..."
"...is that the United States continues to be unreasonable in negotiating negotiations with the Iranians. The Iranians have done a lot in order to..."
"...the meeting goes really well. And then after a series of negotiations, apparently it's supposed to be like four meetings this year. So Trump..."
"...he would like very much. And he really believes that these negotiations in Islamabad would be his off -ramp."
"...you have Sivakov. The same two guys that screw up the negotiations which led to this war in Oman. Okay? And then where is..."
"And that's why we see ourselves as part of this negotiation as well. We negotiate with bombs. You have a choice as we loiter..."
A source-grounded reading of the episode's central claim: American war culture has learned to convert military failure into rescue spectacle, while real wars are still decided by economics, organization, logistics, and endurance.
The apparent U.S.-Iran war is recast as an imperial succession crisis.
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