Jiang says social structures are rigid because people usually play the game of fitting into their environment.
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Social Structure
Jiang says social structures are rigid because people usually play the game of fitting into their environment.
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Jiang says elderly pensioners control Chinese society culturally and politically because respect for elders is built into Chinese social structure from childhood.
The next class will cover the gunpowder revolution, which Jiang says will mark a radical change in how society is structured.
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"And that's why social structures are extremely rigid. Because the game they're playing is often just to fit into their environment. Okay? Does that..."
"last class and i'll answer it first all right from last class you mentioned that um the ones that control society are those old..."
"but it's the pensioners, the old people, who control society, control the culture, who control government, right? Because in China, from the first day,..."
"It doesn't matter how many people, it doesn't matter how many people you have, it doesn't matter how much weapons you have, as long..."
"...most important, of course, is the Roman culture. So the Roman social structure is called the paterfamilias. Okay? And how the system works is..."
"...the Romans killed him because Jesus was a threat to their social structure. But the Bible says that, nope, it was the Jews who..."
"...what happens what's really interesting is throughout the year that different social structures so during the winter everyone comes together and they form a..."
"...common in the ancient past is for people to adopt different social structures and they can choose what social structure to go to okay..."
"...all right? And again, China will adopt all these policies and social structures for itself, okay? Let's go over some wars. So what's really..."
"...church and what became dominant is it mirror it mirrored the social structure of the Roman Empire all right so the Roman Empire the..."
"...his policy is this. Listen um we need to change our social structure in order to win against Athens. So I so what he..."
"...No they're really unhappy about this. Okay? Because it's changing their social structure. You understand? They don't want this crap. They want the helots..."
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