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A 1980s Chinese Communist term Jiang uses for capitalism’s degradation of civilization into utilitarian money-seeking and apathy.
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spiritual pollution
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...capitalism would degrade and pollute civilization, Chinese civilization. They call it spiritual pollution in 1980s. And this was a huge concern in 1980s. And..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...capitalism would degrade and pollute civilization, Chinese civilization. They call it spiritual pollution in 1980s. And this was a huge concern in 1980s. And..."
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He says party elders’ fear of capitalist spiritual pollution proved correct because market reform produced utilitarianism, corruption, inequality, debt, and youth apathy.
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"...capitalism would degrade and pollute civilization, Chinese civilization. They call it spiritual pollution in 1980s. And this was a huge concern in 1980s. And..."
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"...game. And that's why people are opting out. And because of spiritual pollution, because there's really no ideology, there's really no sense of nationalism..."
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"...Jesus. The Jews are the ones who are causing all the spiritual pollution. Right? And so, this is the implicit contract made between the..."
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