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by JumpCrisscross 507 days ago
> corporeal power

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ChrisMarshallNY 507 days ago
Meaning power over the body (armed thugs, for example). Bit of a play on words.

Ma has power over the money, but Xi has power over Ma's body.

Rich people often think that money is everything (and they are usually correct), but there are some things that money can only buy, when facing a bat with nails driven through it.

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scyzoryk_xyz 507 days ago
*Rich people in America

How much you “make” is a silly concept in many places in the world. “People with guns listening to you” is the real power.

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JumpCrisscross 507 days ago
> How much you “make”

Anyone talking about how much they "make" isn't rich (in the respect we're discussing) in any society.

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NewJazz 507 days ago
Presumably the PRC/CCP is a body in this metaphor.
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