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Jiang claims that as societies rise there is less open homosexuality, while rich declining societies display more outward homosexuality.
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Jiang argues that the proportion of homosexuals is probably similar across periods, so the key change is celebration and public framing rather than frequency.
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Jiang says shock and awe lets America operate as an empire without the guilt of visible empire, by hiding special forces in the background while they direct violence.
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Jiang says the public visibility of Larry Ellison's TikTok role and Barry Weiss's CBS elevation are acts of desperation because durable power normally prefers to stay hidden.
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"Yes, right, okay. All right, so let me now, now let's do a compare and contrast, okay? Let's think about a society in which..."
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"It would blow the imagination. Now, but, you know, in 2020, when Pete Buttigieg ran for the Democratic nomination, his homosexuality made him very..."
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"Okay, let me ask you this question, okay? Let me ask you this question. Homosexuality today is celebrated. Homosexuality before was persecuted. Did the..."
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"I think it's pretty similar, okay, do you understand? There were lots of homosexualities before. It's, yes? So I have a, I have a..."
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"And the Pentagon realized this was not going to hold up. That if they did this, then this would be counterproductive. And in fact,..."
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"It's not strategic to do something like that. You do not want your allies. Out in front. You don't want to be visible. Power..."
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"So it's good for America because now what shotgun all allows America to do is be everywhere at once. And you'll never see them,..."
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"So shotgun all is really a theory of empire as opposed to a theory of war, okay? So does it make sense to you..."
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A source-grounded reading of the lecture's central claim: America mistook Iraq's one-off success for a universal doctrine, built an empire without guilt through hidden special forces, and now carries that hubris toward Iran.
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