Your analysis of geopolitics is about who are good guys and bad guys, but I’m sure you’re correct and anyone who thinks that’s weird is just being controlled by evil foreigners.
Nah just generally think of the systems countries have in place. When a country has an authoritarian system in place the country is capable of doing terrible things that are against the will of the people of the country. Iran has an authoritarian system in place, so they do all kinds of bullshit to maintain power and that includes executing people by the tens of thousands for protesting.
Iran is known to operate troll farms and are engaged in foreign influence operations in the west. You see how MAGAs fall for Russian influence campaigns, you’re not much different. General rule, if the internet is telling you an authoritarian government that operates troll farms are the good guys, maybe take it with a healthy grain of salt.
Also look at how women are treated in a country. That’s a fairly good barometer for how horrible a country’s government is.
Cuba and Venezuela are “authoritarian” because they won’t sell out their people’s resources and labor for pennies and also resist attemps to overthrow their governments are replace them with puppets. Iran is authoritarian because it is illegal to be gay. I have yet to see the UK get called authoritarian for what they do to trans people.
Its a useless word that just means “matches the values of rich, white, western liberals”.
When a country has an authoritarian system in place the country is capable of doing terrible things that are against the will of the people of the country.
Nations with elective leadership are just as capable of doing terrible things that are against the will of the people… It’s not like the war in Iran has been popular with either conservatives or liberals in America.
Since ww2 US major military conflicts have resulted in 3.5-4 million direct civilian deaths, and that total is multiplied several times including indirect deaths. Can you think of a modern authoritarian regime with the same body count during the same period?
No one is trying to claim that the Iranian government is “good”, just that the reasons America chose to invade the country are not morally or legally justified, and that it hasn’t been done with the intent to better the lives of the average Iranian citizen.
Your analysis of geopolitics is about who are good guys and bad guys, but I’m sure you’re correct and anyone who thinks that’s weird is just being controlled by evil foreigners.
Nah just generally think of the systems countries have in place. When a country has an authoritarian system in place the country is capable of doing terrible things that are against the will of the people of the country. Iran has an authoritarian system in place, so they do all kinds of bullshit to maintain power and that includes executing people by the tens of thousands for protesting.
Iran is known to operate troll farms and are engaged in foreign influence operations in the west. You see how MAGAs fall for Russian influence campaigns, you’re not much different. General rule, if the internet is telling you an authoritarian government that operates troll farms are the good guys, maybe take it with a healthy grain of salt.
Also look at how women are treated in a country. That’s a fairly good barometer for how horrible a country’s government is.
Cuba and Venezuela are “authoritarian” because they won’t sell out their people’s resources and labor for pennies and also resist attemps to overthrow their governments are replace them with puppets. Iran is authoritarian because it is illegal to be gay. I have yet to see the UK get called authoritarian for what they do to trans people.
Its a useless word that just means “matches the values of rich, white, western liberals”.
Nations with elective leadership are just as capable of doing terrible things that are against the will of the people… It’s not like the war in Iran has been popular with either conservatives or liberals in America.
Since ww2 US major military conflicts have resulted in 3.5-4 million direct civilian deaths, and that total is multiplied several times including indirect deaths. Can you think of a modern authoritarian regime with the same body count during the same period?
No one is trying to claim that the Iranian government is “good”, just that the reasons America chose to invade the country are not morally or legally justified, and that it hasn’t been done with the intent to better the lives of the average Iranian citizen.