• Dasus@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Wait wait wait.

    Sooo… a theocratic nation lead by irrational bigots, using decades old ultracapitalistic plans… aren’t getting shit done?

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      4 months ago

      Let’s just not talk about how the US overthrew a democratically elected government and installed a puppet who was deeply unpopular and was later overthrown after a revolution which caused the current leader to be in power due to a power vacuum which then lead to deep sanctions from US and US allies so they’ve had to try and be self sufficient.

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        4 months ago

        Still, Iranians were overall more satisfied under The Shah’s regime than those that followed.

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          4 months ago

          Imagine going from democratic government to a monarch like western puppet with foreign backing out of no where. Id imaging you would be pretty unhappy and would try to overthrow and hope something better would come along. Of course you don’t know what’s gonna fill that power vacuum but you are suffering NOW and want change NOW. Seems pretty logical.

          • stringere@sh.itjust.works
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            4 months ago

            Imagine going from democratic government to a monarch like western puppet with foreign backing out of no where

            We’re living that now in the USA. Oh how the turns are tabled.

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            4 months ago

            There is also a lot of info about the CIA teaching the Iranian gov’t effective torture techniques. I totally understand the animosity.