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He interprets backlash against his reform as a defense of norms: by arguing against local conventions, he made supporters risk ostracism by the larger community.
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Norms
The war on Iran is the visible spark.
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The war on Iran is the visible spark.
Key Notes
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Senate confirmation works in Jiang’s account because fear of public embarrassment and norms inhibit presidential favoritism more than formal rules alone.
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Jiang argues that the US political system rests on consensus, norms, and shared values, making it vulnerable when a political actor ignores those norms rather than violating clearly enforceable laws.
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Jiang says a figure like Trump does not share the values that ordinarily stabilize the American system, leaving the system with limited capacity to stop him.
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"Australization. Okay? Or basically just exile. Where you are no longer part of the group. They kick you out as a player. Okay? That's..."
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"I was arguing against the norms, the values, the conventions of this country. And it's, and so if people believed in me, then they..."
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"...the US the US political system is built on consensus on norms on certain values that people share together. So you have some like,..."
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"I answer that the necessity of their cooperation with the government is to ensure that would have a powerful, though in general, silent operation...."
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"...opinion, it's very, very strong. But what's important is that on norms and values. As long as people buy into these conventions and norms,..."
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"...they became a subject to an empire, which is a historical norm. But because they were so important, it was easy for Israel to..."
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"...enforce the system as well as customs and habits values and norms. Okay? So this is an enforcement mechanism to force you to believe..."
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"...these shadows now become internalized. And they dictate the values and norms of people, what they believe to be good and bad. They dictate..."
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"...past few decades, it is an aberration. It goes against cultural norms in China, but in the long term, China will return to its..."
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"...they they disappeared from circulations pottery uh dirt floors became the norm stone houses disappeared from our architecture not architectural from uh anthro how..."
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"...layers of reality. The normal geopolitics, realistic calculation, and some international norms that Russia defends in spite of all. At the same time, we..."
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"...culture and together these three will um create the values and norms that make us believe that this is a fair open and transparent..."
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Jiang treats the Xi–Trump visit as a strategic theater.
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Jiang reframes the Iran-Israel-U.S.-Russia conflict as a long-horizon contest in worldview and political systems, where structural elites, narrative control, and religious grammar shape strategy more than leaders changing seats.
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Jiang treats the Middle East conflict and global monetary system as parts of one strategic architecture: empire, geography, and control of energy channels.
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Jiang frames the Iran conflict as a managed long war: visible ceasefires do not remove structural incentives that keep military pressure, debt extraction, and elite coordination in place.
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Jiang turns the Epstein files into a theory of war: social reality is a cave, the dollar is a consciousness trap, empire survives by looking invincible, and the exposed parasite network is already fighting...
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