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Jiang and the host use this for the condition in which US allies hold formal sovereignty but remain structurally subordinate to American power.
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vassalization
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...the resources and the wealth of its allies. So basically the vassalization of their American empire. That's number two. Number three, and this is..."
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Jiang says the five-percent NATO spending push is really a mechanism of European vassalization through purchases from American contractors like Raytheon and Boeing.
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"...the resources and the wealth of its allies. So basically the vassalization of their American empire. That's number two. Number three, and this is..."
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"Well, since 1945, though. So this system of consensus and multilateralism, it was managed under the clear leadership of the United States. I mean,..."
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"of Europe where you know now these European states to please Trump they have to like pay off these American military contractors like Raytheon..."
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"...you know there's five percent no spending it's really uh the vassalization"
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"...America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence, vassalization in between. Okay? So he meant this as a joke. So what..."
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Jiang opens by saying the American empire is no longer even pretending to run a liberal order.
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Jiang opens with the harshest possible premise: empires do not retire peacefully.
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America begins here as a cure for civilization: a clean-slate game built from Enlightenment rights, self-help, property, and fair rules.
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