Jiang says the West has replaced patriotism, family, and religious duty with materialist status markers such as followers, views, subscribers, and money.
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West
The conquest created a shared Proto-Indo-European language and common religion across India, Iran, the steppes, the Near East, and Europe.
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Jiang predicts it is very hard for the Western world and China to survive the next 50 years under current fertility and status conditions.
Jiang predicts that over the next five to twenty years the Western world will see declining democracy and freedom, with the United States and Europe becoming more authoritarian.
The lecture acknowledges textual evidence for a tomb reading: the Pharaoh's grave in the West is described as the house of the dead that makes life or immortality possible.
The conquest created a shared Proto-Indo-European language and common religion across India, Iran, the steppes, the Near East, and Europe.
Jiang defines 'the West' here as the connected world stretching from Europe to India, trading ideas, people, and gods, distinct from a comparatively isolated China.
Jiang begins answering why Russians are different by saying the problem is the West, whose thinking derives from British thinking and tends to be narrower than Russian thinking.
Timestamped Evidence
"...but this has to do with religion. So Israel what the west has done is not only um has it created a dating game..."
"That's all that matters. So given the current state of state of events it's very hard for the western world and really for China..."
"In the rise phase, those who criticize society are the heroes. They are appreciated. They are rewarded. In the collapse phase, those who speak..."
"So, remember, in the rise phase, society is democratic and open and meritocratic. But as you move on, it becomes more bureaucratic and ultimately..."
"Okay? Let's replace our population. But the people are not going to sit back and take it. Right? This leads to civil war. People..."
"...Make your grave well furnished and prepare thy place in the West. The West is where they go off to die. Look, death counts..."
"They conquered England, okay? And then not only did they conquer Europe, then they went to conquer India and Iran. So this spread everywhere...."
"...and gods, okay? And this is what we call today the West, okay? And it's distinct from China, which was isolated from this world...."
"...right. So, the problem isn't Russia. The problem is us, the West, okay? So, when we talk about the West, Western thinking, it comes..."
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