If one can control time and space, one can control reality itself.
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Reality control
If one can control time and space, one can control reality itself.
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Jiang defines the Agamemnon-Achilles confrontation as a battle of worldviews in which speeches attempt to control reality and impose reality on others.
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"And we do so through a filter called time and space. So time and space do not exist outside of us. They exist inside..."
"I take a little bit. And now you're stealing that little bit from me as well. Okay? So why is Achilles saying this? Achilles..."
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