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3 timestamped hits 2 source readings 1 extracted note Newest source: 2026-01-29, day precision Aliases: popular-votes

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Popular Vote

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...the end of the day, they only got 23%. All the popular vote, okay? So they are not a popular faction. They're a minority,..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...the end of the day, they only got 23%. All the popular vote, okay? So they are not a popular faction. They're a minority,..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: Communism As Capitalism's Weapon (2026-01-29, day precision).

Most connected source readings: Communism As Capitalism's Weapon; Tragedy Makes Democracy Face Itself.

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Public TheaterDemocratic Process

Key Notes

Historical and interpretive claim about ancient Athens stated in the 2024-10-17 lecture.

model

Jiang argues that the process of Athenian theater was democratic because winners were chosen by popular vote, nonprofessional citizens acted, and very large audiences watched together.

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Timestamped Evidence

Tragedy Makes Democracy Face Itself

2024-10-17, day precision · Civilization #9: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides as Prophets of Democracy

Transcript

"...mechanisms. First of all, whoever won the festival was decided by popular vote, okay? The entire process of theater was democratic. So there are..."

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Relevant Lectures And Readings

Communism As Capitalism's Weapon

2026-01-29, day precision · alias-match

Reading

A source-grounded reading of Jiang's lecture on the false capitalism-communism dialectic: communism appears not as capitalism's opposite but as a weapon that clears away monarchy, religion, nationalism, democracy, and social democracy so capital can...

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Public TheaterDemocratic Process

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