Jiang formulates three laws for communities: they are fluid and dynamic, internal diversity is greater than diversity across societies, and communities exist in opposition to each other.
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Jiang formulates three laws for communities: they are fluid and dynamic, internal diversity is greater than diversity across societies, and communities exist in opposition to each other.
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He warns that the project is conjectural, would take 50 to 100 years, and would face opposition from historians and elites.
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"You understand? you can always choose to leave and so if you don't like the community anymore you and your family just get up..."
"...doesn't make sense okay the third law is communities exist in opposition to each other okay so think about the cities in china okay..."
"...to build this AI. And you will be up against tremendous opposition. Right? Historians aren't going to like this. The elite aren't going to..."
"Alright, now Russian civilization is very different, in fact it's in opposition, in competition with Anglo -American civilization. Okay? So now let's go over..."
"...after Charlie Kirk was assassinated, right? There's no longer any major opposition towards this war in Iran."
"...should pay attention to is the fact that there's very little opposition in fact there's no opposition to Donald Trump fighting the Soviet Union...."
"...the war. Because you want to use this war to weaken opposition to these eschatologies as much as possible. Okay? So, Takiyah and Saudi..."
"...are going to fund these, these militias and ethnic minorities and opposition groups against Iran. Okay? Guess what, guys? These guys are hustlers. Right?..."
"...targeting police stations. Why? Because they're trying to reduce and eliminate opposition so that they can arm the Kurds and have them come into..."
"...have a clear path into Iran and are able to limit opposition. Okay? All right. So now you're attacking from without. With attacking from..."
"...cohesive group. The last element, of course, is you need incompetent opposition. Your enemies are morons. And, of course, the classic example of this..."
"...win without much resistance, because there's so much anger, so much opposition towards the Sassanid Empire, as well as the Byzantine Empire. Plus, both..."
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