Farinata is presented as a partisan who still puts Florence above faction, making him a civic hero despite being Dante's political enemy.
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Partisanship
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Jiang says he is not partisan or political in the Trump-saving-the-world sense; he sees himself as a teacher trying to help people think for themselves.
Jiang says his work is centered on ideas, industrial speculation, and prediction rather than on partisan loyalty, which is why opponents have trouble attacking him directly on substance.
Jiang argues that America's main cohesion problem is left-right polarization, to the point that partisans reject intimate ties across the divide.
Jiang argues that American civil discourse has collapsed so severely that many partisans now reject intimate ties such as marriage across party lines.
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"OK. So this is a very famous episode from this history, where after the Ghibellines take over Florence, they want to kill all the..."
"You know, one thing that might be interesting is maybe you could set up a conversation between me and David Icke, you know, invite..."
"I see myself as a teacher who's trying to teach people how to think for themselves. And I think that's something that David Icke..."
"yeah i mean it's very hard to come come after me just because um you know i i've made a lot of videos and..."
"So in terms of energy, the West is definitely in decline. Openness, you see a lot of crackdowns on free speech. Especially in universities,..."
"So in terms of cohesion, America is split pretty evenly between left and right. And this is happening throughout the Western world. Especially with..."
"Yeah. So yeah. So the first thing I would say is the severity of local polarization in America right now, the left and right..."
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