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Jiang's image for a society with many retirees, few children, no workers, and a collapsed economy.
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zombie society
Jiang's image for a society with many retirees, few children, no workers, and a collapsed economy.
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A society that continues functioning without soul, spirit, purpose, or care.
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Weber's three possible responses to capitalist decline are nothingness or zombie society, theocratic return, and new prophets who channel anti-capitalist discontent.
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"Okay? That is a zombie society where no one works and everyone just I don't know walks around the park every day. No one..."
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"...response is nothingness. In which case, guess what? We become a zombie society. A zombie society just means that we just go on day..."
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"Okay, that's a great question, okay? Okay, so these are social scientists. And the thing about social scientists is they feel their responsibility is..."
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"...now, okay, our two paths ahead of us is either a zombie society or a return to a theocracy. And so if I'm a..."
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"...path. It didn't work, okay? We don't want to become a zombie society. So the only path ahead of us is to become a..."
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