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The dangerous gossip is that David killed Uriah because Uriah was a threat; the safer spin is that David was an irresponsible lover who made a mistake.
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Political violence
The dangerous gossip is that David killed Uriah because Uriah was a threat; the safer spin is that David was an irresponsible lover who made a mistake.
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Jiang treats the assassination of the Gracchi as the beginning of the Roman Republic's fall because it reveals a system incapable of internally resolving its contradiction.
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Sulla's solution was proscription: a public list of enemies whom anyone could kill for state reward and confiscated property, including the young Julius Caesar as a target.
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"Okay. Listen. Okay. So the Bible will change over time. Okay? This is really important to understand. What the Bible is changes over time..."
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"He killed Uriah because Uriah was a threat. Okay? Now, the problem with this, with this story is that if people believe this story..."
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"All right? Do you understand what's happening? Okay? This is what's called spin. Before, it was like, he killed Uriah, and therefore, we should..."
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"Okay? That'd be a huge problem on your hands. So you switch it like, no, no, no, it was just Bathsheba. Okay? Does that..."
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"Does that make sense? The rich won't be kicked out of the land they're illegally occupying. They'll be compensated for it. Okay? So this..."
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"And most historians believe this is the beginning of the fall of the Roman Republic because it tells us that the system is incapable..."
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"Okay? There has to be a solution. And Sulla's solution is, well, you know, if the problem is the conflict between the populars and..."
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"...for this later on. By supporting political extremism, you also induce political violence to justify more state control. You collect intelligence by implanting spies..."
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A source-grounded reading of Literary Genesis: Israel begins as a political coalition, David needs legitimacy, and the Bible becomes the technology that turns propaganda into living memory.
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Julius Caesar was not only a general or politician.
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