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6 timestamped hits 4 source readings 1 extracted note Newest source: 2026-02-15, day precision Aliases: spanish-inquisitions

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Spanish Inquisition

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...the lecture was called Faith of Evil. You mentioned how the Spanish Inquisition, right, that was around 1492? Um,"

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Topic Scope And Freshness

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...the lecture was called Faith of Evil. You mentioned how the Spanish Inquisition, right, that was around 1492? Um,"

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: War Prediction, Control, And The Rebellion Of Imagination (2026-02-15, day precision).

Most connected source readings: War Prediction, Control, And The Rebellion Of Imagination; Modernity Needs A Scapegoat; The Middle Class Learns To Stare At Its Own Anxiety.

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Key Notes

Claim stated in the December 16, 2025 lecture.

diagnosis

The Spanish Inquisition becomes ironic in Jiang's reading because the leadership hunting hidden Jews is itself described as crypto-Jewish.

Timestamped Evidence

Modernity Needs A Scapegoat

2025-12-16, day precision · Secret History #27: Empire of Evil

Transcript

"...Within the Catholic Church in Spain. The irony is that the Spanish Inquisition, where Catholics were looking for Jews who were pretending to be..."

The Church That Demanded Your Soul

2025-03-20, day precision · Civilization #40: Church and Empire

Transcript

"...Inquisition, and this is something that will repeat itself during the Spanish Inquisition and the Inquisition against the Protestants, okay? Does that make sense?..."

Relevant Lectures And Readings

Modernity Needs A Scapegoat

2025-12-16, day precision · claims, semantic-ref

Reading

A source-grounded reading of Jiang’s lecture on transnational capital, British sea empire, Frankist revolutionary theology, Disraeli’s Coningsby, Bolshevism, Marx, Bakunin, and Freud: modernity appears as a machine that hides capital, displays a scapegoat, turns...

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