• vovchik_ilich [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    23 hours ago

    I have encountered a total of 0 people discussing Mosaddeq and the secular socialist revolution averted by the UK+US coup. There can be no discussion of Iran without acknowledging this.

  • Krem [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 day ago

    The literate women of the time dressed like westerners, though, which indicates a free and democratic society because i’m a racist western chauvinist

  • Anarcho-Bolshevik@lemmygrad.ml
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    19 hours ago

    A few days ago I saw my social democrat friend happily sharing photographs of the rebels and I almost wanted to roll my eyes. I hate to state the obvious, but just because a government should be replaced does not automatically mean that the rebels are going to install a better one. I did not even know much about the rebellion, but my initial reaction was still one of caution rather than excitement.

  • Keld [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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    1 day ago

    Hey this is a different shah, this one could be woke. You don’t know! Besides hes gotta do some feminism since he only has daughters, right?!?

    I honestly dont know what way this will go, if anything will even happen. But I do find it depressing that Iranian opposition is so clearly organising around becoming an american client as their sole consistent principle.

    • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      22 hours ago

      Hey this is a different shah, this one could be woke. You don’t know!

      You know what makes this funny? You got libs being like ‘revolution in Iran! Heck yeah!’, and then they realize these protesters are pro-Israel and one thing I can give libs credit for is that at least (for the most part) they’re not shilling for Israel any more, so it’s gotta be an uncomfortable thing for them

      Of course they do also lack awareness; otherwise they’d also have to consider they’re talking about making Iran a monarchy