theHRguy@lemmy.world to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThe Phrase “Death To America” Didn’t Exist Before 1953; Until the CIA Overthrew the Iranian Government for Nationalizing their Oilopen.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down12
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minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up24·2 months agoIIRC, “Death to _” is the idiomatic Farsi equivalent of “fuck / to hell with _” in English, to the point that drivers in Tehran traffic jams might say “death to this traffic!” without any murderous intent.
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IIRC, “Death to _” is the idiomatic Farsi equivalent of “fuck / to hell with _” in English, to the point that drivers in Tehran traffic jams might say “death to this traffic!” without any murderous intent.
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