Professor Jiang states that understanding how power works will lead to liberation and freedom from manipulation.

Professor Jiang asserts that science is fundamentally about finding evidence to justify and protect the status quo, not pursuing truth.

Professor Jiang states that the class will analyze the past, present (geopolitics), and future to construct a more objective reality, acknowledging that they will likely fail but the process will train critical thinking.

Professor Jiang claims that our conscious attention, imagination, and perception create reality and wealth in society.

Professor Jiang states that money and capital extract and store human consciousness, turning it into wealth.

Professor Jiang explains Plato's allegory of the cave, where a million people are chained, staring at a wall, believing shadows projected by unseen people are real.