Lord Shang Yang

The first Emperor of China, commonly referred to as "Emperor Chin," unified the ancient Chinese states via brutality. Though he did some good things for China, such as giving a single common written text, and system of weights and measurements, force was the main tool he used to achieve it all. His political philosophy came largely from Lord Shang Yang, who outlined a system of power which was very similar to Marxism, but which appeared thousands of years prior to that. In this video we discuss the philosophy and fate of Lord Shang Yang.