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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