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Troy is framed as the central logistics hub and toll gate of the Bronze Age world: whoever controlled it could profit because everyone had to pass through it.
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Tolls
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...a police force into a pirate force in order to extract tolls from the world so we are in this situation because Trump's first..."
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Jiang says American military power is being transformed from a police force that guaranteed trade into a pirate force that extracts tolls from global trade.
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"...a police force into a pirate force in order to extract tolls from the world so we are in this situation because Trump's first..."
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"we're seeing the Americans deploy went through the navy into the Caribbean to block trade into the western hemisphere that's why we're seeing this..."
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"...pass through this place. And so, this place can basically collect tolls, right? This place is called what? Do you guys know? You mean?..."
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"...wealthy because everyone has to pass through you. You can collect tolls. You can trade, okay? Does that make sense? And the last way..."
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"...it creates a blockade, and China would have to pay a toll in order to access the Shard of Malacca. And the fourth one?..."
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"...the war, meaning that now they're forcing ships to pay a toll of $2 million in order to cross it. And so this is..."
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"...is the circle of moves, where the Iranians now can collect tolls, right? What you have to do is you have to eliminate both..."
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"moves and they collect tolls on that okay so i basically need to destroy Iran's control of the cervical moves the way i do..."
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"...minister has said that maybe um now that iran is collecting tolls on the sort of malacca now from from the chinese perspective this..."
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"...we're gonna we're gonna charge uh we're gonna charge um a toll through Strait of Malacca which is now you know um this is..."
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"...interesting who gave them the idea that they could charge the toll through the Strait of Malacca I don't know but you know maybe..."
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"...Kargilin. But you also want to destroy Iran's capacity to exact tolls on any ships that want to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. And..."
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