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He reads English-language slogans in Nepal as evidence that protests were performed for Washington rather than for the local population.
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Protests
Because the protests are widespread, Jiang says the IRGC paradoxically becomes more powerful: it is viewed as the regime's most loyal and least contested instrument of survival.
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diagnosis
Jiang links the 1999 student protests, the 2009-2010 Green Movement, and the 2023 Mahsa Amini protests to public anger over corruption, lack of democracy, economic stagnation, and IRGC control.
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Because the protests are widespread, Jiang says the IRGC paradoxically becomes more powerful: it is viewed as the regime's most loyal and least contested instrument of survival.
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Even a legitimacy crisis over Mojtaba Khamenei could benefit the IRGC, because the regime would become more dependent on the institution that suppresses unrest.
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"...a slogan, so that I can show my boss that this protest is working. Also, guys, here's another sign. We pay you flex enough...."
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"...And this is very common in the world today, where these protests are being orchestrated by Washington for Washington, as opposed to being organic...."
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"...Revolutionary Guard Corps, controlling the entire economy. And this led to protests. Okay? So the first group's protest was in 1999. You had 50,000..."
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"And so there were violent protests. And again, the Revolutionary Guard suppressed the revolution. And at that point, basically, people lost faith in democracy...."
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"Because the protests are so widespread, the Revolutionary Guard Corps ironically has become more powerful because they are seen as the most loyal to..."
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"...dependent on them. Okay? Does that make sense? So during these protests, especially the Green Movement, the Revolutionary Guard Corps was the ones responsible..."
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"...pressure on the civilian population they'll be very angry they might protest against the government okay also um transportation networks right these are roads..."
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"...to learn about democracy and to learn about how to organize protest movements, how to overthrow the government in order to promote democracy. The..."
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"...By controlling social media, by organizing young people, paying them to protest, and bribing security services to not intervene. Okay? It's a very successful..."
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"you have unemployment, and it's possible that you have protests happening in China because of the collapse of the economy. Okay? So, that is..."
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"...and the nationalists you know you look at these no kings protests and you know they're funded by like story ross rockefeller you know..."
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"...But if the count reaches 100, then we can see massive protests against this war back at home. OK, so that's a first step,..."
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A source-grounded reading of the nation-state as war machine: Rousseau turns liberty into sovereignty, Fichte turns language into blood, Bismarck turns welfare into war infrastructure, Mussolini turns myth into death, and 21st-century war turns...
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A source-grounded reading of the lecture's central move: the crash was probably an accident, but if it was not, Jiang asks who had opportunity, motive, and the most to gain.
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