It’s election time here in Iran, and this time, we have essentially a one-man election, which is sth rare here (there usually are at least two candidates who ca

It’s election time here in Iran, and this time, we have essentially a one-man election, which is sth rare here (there usually are at least two candidates who can possibly win, and even though both of them are inside people already vetted by the regime, they have some small differences. At least, they are supported by different demographics.). I went to see what people were saying about this on Twitter, and did some basic searches on an account that doesn’t follow almost anyone. The results were pretty much all (90%) pro-government, and pro-one-candidate-elections. Makes me wonder how much power these state actors have now that cancel culture is a thing. They can just whip up a mob and character-terror anyone they want, without being detected at all. PS: I am not even saying these are bots. They can just pay people some meager money to do this. It’s an easy job in a country with very high unemployment. Heck, even Amazon does this in a small scale.