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North Korea's religion of independence from the world, maintaining unity and sovereignty rather than maximizing wealth.
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self-reliance
North Korea's religion of independence from the world, maintaining unity and sovereignty rather than maximizing wealth.
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diagnosis
North Korea's poverty, in Jiang's answer, reflects sanctions, refusal of global trade, and a self-reliance religion that values sovereignty and unity over wealth metrics.
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Mongol culture valued freedom, egalitarianism, and self-reliance, which made great warriors but made governing hierarchical societies difficult.
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"...problem. Second problem is they focus on their religion is called self -reliance. They want to be independent of the world. Okay? So they..."
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"...things. First is freedom. Second is egalitarianism. And the third is self -reliance. So rather than think of the Mongol, the army, as an..."
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"So this is a culture that values freedom, egalitarianism, and self -reliance. And therefore, it makes great warriors. The problem, though, is the cultures..."
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"people in the rest of the world to liberate themselves from reliance upon oil, whether you think that's economic or not. It's no point..."
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"...are many problems with the Tang Dynasty. So there's a heavy reliance on generals to fight wars, and this will eventually lead to the..."
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"...the borderlands. It's a culture that focuses on freedom, egalitarianism, and self -reliance, independence. This is true throughout the borderlands. If we were to..."
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