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Jiang says the decisive question is whether Iran is transforming into a motivated, learning, resilient, united society; if yes, Iran wins and America loses.
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Social Transformation
Jiang's central alternative explanation is that Putin treats war as a tool for radically reshaping the Russian people.
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Jiang's central alternative explanation is that Putin treats war as a tool for radically reshaping the Russian people.
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Jiang says Putinism turns war inward: war is no longer primarily conquest or civilizing others, but a mechanism to transform and discipline one's own society.
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"you're willing to promote the best and brightest, if you're willing to be meritocratic, you have a huge advantage. Okay? And so this idea..."
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"And quite honestly, Iran, because it's still a country of 92 million people, it still suffers from issues of mass organization and death. And..."
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"The average age of their soldiers right now is over 40. They have men in their 60s who are fighting in the front lines...."
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"that Putin is mobilizing his society because he sees war as a tool, as a mechanism to radically reshape the people in Russia. Okay?..."
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"Eventually, they'll be so angry at each other. They might have to use nuclear weapons. Okay? That's why one of the major tenets of..."
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"...historically been true, but scientists, right? So this is a radical social transformation that overturns the entire social hierarchy. And that's why this is..."
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The law of asymmetry says the obvious winner may be the side structurally set up to lose.
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