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Jiang attributes to Putin the view that Russia's corruption, alcoholism, and low fertility come from Western liberal democracy, consumerism, and human-rights rhetoric corrupting the Russian soul and civilization.
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Russian Soul
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...part of who you are. Russia enters your soul because the Russian soul is so deep and so fascinating and so mystical. You go..."
Key Notes
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Jiang argues that for Putin the Ukraine war is less about conquering Ukraine or defending against NATO than about saving Russian civilization and the Russian soul.
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"...hypocrisies. They have fooled the Russian people and have corrupted the Russian soul and destroyed Russian civilization. And because Russians are abandoning their soul,..."
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"Okay? Does that make sense? That is Putin's argument. So why does Putin believe this? Well. In the late 80s, the Soviet Union had..."
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"...It's really about saving Russian civilization. It's really about saving the Russian soul, okay? If you don't fight this war and you let these..."
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"...part of who you are. Russia enters your soul because the Russian soul is so deep and so fascinating and so mystical. You go..."
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"...paragraphs is Russianization, Europeanization, it is a process of corrupting the Russian soul. Okay, the idea that you bring in a French girl and..."
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"...it make sense okay in other words consumerism has corrupted the Russian soul and Russians have chosen to be corrupted by consumerism okay so..."
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Relevant Lectures And Readings
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Jiang begins with prediction as a disciplined loop, then turns the whole century into a religious struggle in disguise.
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The lecture starts with Putin and Ukraine, but it does not stay in policy.
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