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12 timestamped hits 8 source readings 1 extracted note Newest source: 2026-06-24, day precision Aliases: prince, princes, the-princes

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THE Prince

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...his eyes. At this I left those overburdened spirits while following the prince of his dear feet."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...his eyes. At this I left those overburdened spirits while following the prince of his dear feet."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: Fraud, Faction, and the Imagination That Manufactures Hell (2026-06-24, day precision).

Most connected source readings: Fraud, Faction, and the Imagination That Manufactures Hell; AI Becomes God When Empire Learns To Monetize Loneliness; The Strait Is the Nuclear Weapon.

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Key Notes

Machiavelli interpretation in this lecture.

diagnosis

Jiang presents Machiavelli not simply as an amoral strategist but as a democratic Florentine who wrote The Prince to raise political awareness in a republic.

Timestamped Evidence

Dante's Quiet Revolution

2025-03-25, day precision · Civilization #41: Dante's Quiet Revolution

Transcript

"...who we still read today. His most famous work is called The Prince. And The Prince is really one of the first political treatises..."

The Strait Is the Nuclear Weapon

2026-04-16, day precision · “It's An Act Of WAR!” Professor Jiang vs Gordon Chang On China, Iran & Trump | Plus Robert Pape

Transcript

"...tells me. Eagerly entertaining the hope that the moment is nigh. The prince over the water who will come to the rescue and achieve..."

China Without The Good Monorail

2026-01-16, day precision · The Derp With Kurp | 23 | @predictivehistory - The Multiverse of Madness

Transcript

"...about it, you could say that, you know, the Moroni is the Prince of America, because this is a principality, and all these countries..."

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Sin Becomes A Technology Of Faith

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