Genghis Khan reached his laws through the practical experience of being hurt, never through ideology or the study of moral right.

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government What states are for and what they are worse at than markets and networks: legitimacy, moral hazard, and who may be entrusted with power.

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Jack Weatherford 31 Jul 2025 Anthropologist and author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

I don't say that he did this because of some ideological reason. Just like he didn't outlaw the kidnapping of women for ideological reasons. He didn't come to it through studying ideas of moral right. He came to it through practical experience of life.

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↗Jack Weatherford: Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire | Lex Fridman Podcast #476youtube.com

31 Jul 2025 · video · 4h 30m · spoken · official transcript

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