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Twenty First Century WAR

He concludes that defense against 21st-century war is population management because the enemy's strategy is to provoke unrest inside the target population.

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Classification stated on 2026-04-28.

definition

Jiang says Iran, unlike Ukraine, will be the first 21st-century war.

Model conclusion in this lecture.

model

He concludes that defense against 21st-century war is population management because the enemy's strategy is to provoke unrest inside the target population.

Future-facing diagnosis on 2026-04-28.

prediction

Jiang says 21st-century war forces states toward AI surveillance because the best way to manage a population is with an AI surveillance state.

Student question in the 2026-04-28 class.

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Allen asks what response is available to a country attacked by 21st-century war and how Iran can respond to current American strategy.

Prediction made on 2026-04-28 for the next few years.

prediction

He predicts a huge surge in eschatology and religious extremism over the next few years because it is the only counter to 21st-century warfare.

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The Population Becomes The Weapon

2026-04-28, day precision · claims

Reading

A source-grounded reading of the nation-state as war machine: Rousseau turns liberty into sovereignty, Fichte turns language into blood, Bismarck turns welfare into war infrastructure, Mussolini turns myth into death, and 21st-century war turns...

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