Living in a Fake World Built By Governments | Professor Jiang

When life is forced into order, it dies.

Governments, in their quest to control, replace reality with illusion — and call it progress.

In this lecture, Prof. Jiang breaks down Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott — a book that reveals how modern governments destroy life’s natural diversity in their obsession with control and “efficiency.”

From forests to cities, from education to economics, the State replaces living systems with mechanical order — creating a fake world that looks prosperous on paper but hollow in reality.

He shows how bureaucratic planning erases imagination, why true democracy is fading, and what individuals can still do to reclaim their freedom of thought in an age ruled by data and illusion.

📘 Referenced Work: Seeing Like a State — James C. Scott
This video presents historical interpretations and symbolic analysis for educational discussion. It does not claim to provide factual proof or deny documented events.

⏱️ CHAPTERS

00:00 – Introduction: Seeing Like a State and the problem of bureaucracy
02:20 – Hubris and the illusion of planning paradise
05:20 – Resilience through diversity: what nature teaches us
07:02 – From organic life to urban control: how cities serve taxation
09:30 – The illusion of wealth: stock markets vs. gold reality
11:15 – How democracy quietly dies under managerial rule
14:20 – The parasite mentality of elites
18:10 – Real education vs. institutional scams

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqVzcGDHHOA