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Jiang presents World War II in Orthodox-mythic terms as a struggle between Moscow as Third Rome and Nazi Germany as Antichrist, with Stalin as the chosen one who could redeem Russian civilization.
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He contrasts Lenin and Trotsky as atheist Marxist intellectuals hostile to Orthodoxy with Stalin as a seminary-formed figure whose World War II mobilization relied on Orthodox religious and nationalist sentiment.
Jiang presents World War II in Orthodox-mythic terms as a struggle between Moscow as Third Rome and Nazi Germany as Antichrist, with Stalin as the chosen one who could redeem Russian civilization.
"because of his rapprochement with the Orthodox Church starting with Lenin there was massive persecution of the Orthodox Church because Lenin Trotsky they were..."
"stir up these ethnic religious sentiments these Nationalistic sentiments in order to unite the people against the Nazis and for the Orthodox Church this..."
"...to go back to that, you know, because the post -World War Two period did work out well for the United States, but on..."
"...go to war before the atomic bomb world war one world war two killed tens of millions of people and even though there's still..."
"...and admired Lenin and Stalin especially Stalin because remember in World War two Hitler invaded the Soviet Union it really seemed the end of..."
"...into the great wars world uh world war one and world war two okay all right any more questions yeah i i answered the..."
"...You. Think. About. It. Deeply. Okay. Marx. Is. Right. After. World. War. Two. Every. Society. Every. Industrial. Society. To. Some. Extent. Adopted. The. Ideas...."
The episode begins with two escalations: Ukraine expands, Iran heats up.
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