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An indeterminate agency behind the cave wall, possibly elites or demons, interested in making mediated realities seem real.
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powers that be
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...to structure your thinking in a way that allows the powers that be to control you better, all right? Okay, so remember this idea..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...to structure your thinking in a way that allows the powers that be to control you better, all right? Okay, so remember this idea..."
Key Notes
diagnosis
Jiang leaves the identity of the enslaving powers indeterminate, saying they could be elites, powers that be, or demons, but their function is to make movies, the internet, and social media feel real.
model
Jiang says corrupting human beings is how 'the powers that be' corrupt the divine itself, which makes personal redemption part of a larger cosmic struggle.
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"Alright? Now we understand why we watch movies. Now we understand why we have the internet. Now we understand why the school wants you..."
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"They're the powers that be. You can also say they're demons. We don't know. Okay? But they're interested in fooling us into believing that..."
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"...becomes more corrupt. And that's actually the goal of the powers that be, to corrupt us so as to corrupt the divine. And so..."
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"...to structure your thinking in a way that allows the powers that be to control you better, all right? Okay, so remember this idea..."
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"expect from the midterms yeah so I think that the powers that be and they're coming they're coming to recognition that for all Trump's..."
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"...you know, let's unite against 1%. And I think the powers that be were generally horrified by this. In fact, Hillary Clinton talked about..."
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"...understand that. Their power. Comes from. Loyalty. To. The real powers. That be. The generals. The financiers. The banking interests. The politicians. Okay. So...."
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"...be transferred from the world. To the United States the powers that be okay and they do this through two mechanisms the first is..."
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"...I'm being fed this information by the elite or by powers that be because they want this information out there in order to manipulate..."
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"...quite honestly if the if the elite um if the powers that be the one percent refuse to engage the people if the people..."
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"...will align with certain factions of the poor against the powers that be. Okay? So all revolutions are always between the half a lot..."
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"...human history and which schools of science, government, all the powers that be try to suppress because this is a direct threat to this..."
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