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Iranians can revolt, most huge social changes requires revolt. Government is a result of the people, if the majority were not ok with it I think it would not la
by d0lph 8y ago
Iranians can revolt, most huge social changes requires revolt. Government is a result of the people, if the majority were not ok with it I think it would not last long.
To me this implies on some level that the people of the country like their government.
- Hasknewbie 8y agoExcept not that long ago the Iranians DID revolt, following a sham election where the reformists/progressives should have won. They got into the streets. And then they got shot. You seem to be living in a phantasy world where subjects of a dictature are just "asking for it", and a 50%-or-more majority should magically change everything. That's not how power works. Money and bullets, you see, matter more than ballots.
- d0lph 8y agoThe US did the same, revolted against a well armed adversary. The people are the power, paper money is no match.
- kozikow 8y agoThe revolting side was well armed as well. It's not the case in Saudi Arabia.
- d0lph 8y agoCan you cite something for this? Everything I read is to the contrary, that they are well armed.
- kozikow 8y agoI find it surprising, but indeed, firearms per capita amount is pretty high for Saudi Arabia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_guns_per_c... .
- toomanybeersies 8y agoHow well is that working out for Syria and Libya at the moment? The whole concept of a dictatorship is that the ruling party has more power and can keep the people subjugated. The civilian populace don't have tanks and helicopters.
- d0lph 8y agoGuerrilla warfare is an extremely effective form of revolt. A bunch of people taking on a tank head on, a death sentence. But that's where sabotage should come into play.