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The 1854 Economist Article 170 Years of Institutional Contagion

The 1854 Economist Article -- 170 Years of Institutional Contagion

The 1854 Economist Article — 170 Years of Institutional Contagion

The 1854 Economist article describing the Russian army = today’s Russian army. 170 years of institutional Contagion. Property 2 (Permanence) demonstrated at civilisational scale: once transmitted, resistant to purification.

Source: Sympathetic Magic · Sympathetic Magic podcast series (Oct-Nov 2025)


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