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I see in the comments here that most of the talk has devolved to israel/palestinian conflicts or Israel/Iran conflicts, mostly with a lot of bad energy. I am I
by poisonarena 6y ago
I see in the comments here that most of the talk has devolved to israel/palestinian conflicts or Israel/Iran conflicts, mostly with a lot of bad energy.
I am Israeli and last winter I spent 3 months living in Istabul doing coke/drinking/clubbing with a bunch of Iranian guys who left Tehran to make money and find opportunities in Istanbul. Turkey is one of the few countries they can go to easily. They all knew I was Israeli and they never cared, I met several groups of Iranians in my time spent there and they all had several things in common. They loved to party, they didn't care about Israel at all, and wanted to escape the theocratic clerics that enforced all the rules on them.
There is very much a huge portion of young Iranians that have big secret parties and participate in music and things the government does not allow. And I dont think the current regime can keep this up forever. Sometimes I get angry at social media, because everywhere I travel to now compared to 15 years ago seems like it is becoming the same, like all the cultures are just melting together into some kind of Instagram/narcissist thing, but in this case, in Iran and Saudi Arabia, I believe it is pulling the young into some kind of societal/cultural reform. Because everyone really just wants to have a good time.