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A shared story that organizes political legitimacy; Jiang says political change requires changing these myths.
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Political myth
A shared story that organizes political legitimacy; Jiang says political change requires changing these myths.
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Great politicians build myths because people often believe what they want and do not care about the difference between reality and fantasy.
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"In fact, he became the wealthiest man in Rome. And he used his money to bribe his friends into office. Okay? So, he became..."
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"So, what Caesar was doing was, he was going to Gaul and then he was getting people to go back to Rome and announce..."
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"All right? So, this is all these great politicians understand. If you really want to have a great political career, you have to create..."
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"That's right. Yep, that's right. So if you think about it, politics, political change, it's really about myths, right? If you want to create..."
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's Roman lecture: Rome begins as a poor borderland war machine, invents a liberty of obedience, uses Greek historians and Augustan poets to launder violence, and reaches its deepest secret...
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Rome does not hand Octavian power because he is the best general, the most charismatic speaker, or the obvious heir.
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