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He uses Dick Cheney as the example of a figure who became powerful by mastering logistics, staffing, maintenance, and internal procedure rather than by merely participating in high-level policy debate.
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State Apparatus
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...rebellions against the government are very commonplace. And so your entire state apparatus is structured to ensure that local rebellions don't arise. And in..."
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"Okay. I mean, you can make the argument that, look, the people in power are those who control the money. And, you know, I..."
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"-level policymaking, he was concerned about did the toilet flush properly? Are janitors getting paid properly? So he's really worried about the logistics, the..."
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"...rebellions against the government are very commonplace. And so your entire state apparatus is structured to ensure that local rebellions don't arise. And in..."
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"...to cause massive unemployment. It's going to create this massive surveillance state apparatus. So another question then is, who will control AI? And I..."
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Jiang starts with a tactical question about Trump and Venezuela, but the interview keeps widening until Venezuela becomes only the first front in a larger story: a Monroe Doctrine empire that prefers calibrated coercion...
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