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Jiang names a second paradox: Cato fought on Pompey's side against Caesar, even though the killers of Caesar are placed among the worst traitors in Inferno.
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Jiang interprets the suicide-tree as a historically known counselor who was virtuous and talented, falsely accused of treason, and then killed himself in despair.
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"Okay, sure. Okay. But, but, but, but that's not necessarily a paradox. Like the fact that he, that he is not a Christian, that's..."
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"but he rebelled against Caesar, right? He rebelled against Caesar. He was on the side of Pompeii. Um, so if I'm trying to figure..."
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"...he was a counselor to a king who was accused of treason, he was virtuous, he was talented, but once he was accused of..."
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"...shining fame that rings in song. The Greeks charged him with treason, a trumped up charge and innocent man. And just because he posed..."
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"...hey don't do what this guy says we're in charge that's treason yeah right um and and so in the first term there were..."
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"...president of the united states of america for the crime of treason totally made up fabricated an absolute deep state i mean it started..."
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"...okay this is I don't know I mean this sounds like treason to me right but you don't see that in the second term..."
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"...and Phinexes are doing is what we would call sedition or treason or betrayal, okay? But that's just the Greek worldview. The Romans had..."
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"...towards the end of his life, Belisarius was actually tried for treason. And there were many times when Belisarius was on military campaign, it..."
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"...for my help against the Trojans. Okay? He was basically committing treason. And in the Greek world, you're allowed to do that because the..."
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