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The Faustian refusal to become complacent; for Jiang, it is the activity God ultimately protects.
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The Faustian refusal to become complacent; for Jiang, it is the activity God ultimately protects.
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Faust loses the wager when he wants to stay forever in the moment of civic fulfillment, but angels take his soul because God values striving and mercy over contractual damnation.
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"But because he's seeking pride in this moment, he's now lost a bet to Mephistopheles, right? He's now become complacent. He wants to live..."
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"They've snatched it away with cunning even, but whom could I even complain to anyway, okay? So Mephistopheles knows he's been tricked. But he..."
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"Okay, so he is an architect, and he is an urban planner working for the government. He's a civil servant, basically. And his job..."
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"In this moment, when he feels he's contributed to development of society, he feels at peace. He feels fulfilled, okay? And so, the irony..."
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"That we're striving for a higher cause. And if you're all about slavery or prostitution or gambling or money laundering, people won't feel good..."
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"...to resolve the elite overproduction issue we have too many people striving for too many status positions now when you do that it's for..."
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"...meaning and purpose to the universe the fact that we're all striving to be better okay virtue truth asha these are all we strive..."
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"...emerge as dominant power in the Middle East. They're the ones striving US policy right now. They will eventually overwhelm both the American empire..."
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"...the same way and mediocre means that well no one is striving for greatness anymore. If you think about it okay the world we..."
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"...your society okay it allows for diversity as well because everyone's striving to make as much money as possible okay so that's what America..."
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"...world but if at any point you become complacent you stop striving you're happy with the way things are you're happy with the moment..."
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"...really interesting, is they represent different political factions who are all striving for power, and the sons are just figureheads for these political factions...."
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