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Movements or leaders who channel discontent with capitalism into new anti-capitalist orders, such as fascism or communism in Jiang's account.
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new prophets
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prediction
Weber's three possible responses to capitalist decline are nothingness or zombie society, theocratic return, and new prophets who channel anti-capitalist discontent.
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"Okay, that's a great question, okay? Okay, so these are social scientists. And the thing about social scientists is they feel their responsibility is..."
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"...the second possibility. And then another possibility is the idea of new prophets, or people who are trying to channel this discontent with capitalism..."
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"The second is called fascism, okay, or the Nazis. All right, so the 12th century was really about defeating these two critics of capitalism,..."
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"...is predicting. He's predicting these three possible paths. We tried the new prophet's path. It didn't work, okay? We don't want to become a..."
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"...future or whether at the end of this tremendous development entirely new prophets will arise or there will be a great rebirth of old..."
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"...future or whether at the end of this tremendous development entirely new prophets will arise or there will be a great rebirth of old..."
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The Protestant Reformation begins as liberation from priest, pope, and ritual.
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