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You know what is crazy. I recently heard 20% of adult population in Iran is in Revolutionary Guard. This puts things into context for anyone who says "why don't
by Roark66 4y ago
You know what is crazy. I recently heard 20% of adult population in Iran is in Revolutionary Guard. This puts things into context for anyone who says "why don't people just overthrow the dictatorship". However, there were dictatorships with an even stronger hold on their population that fell. Usually for economic reasons. I hope Iran's regime will follow.
- blacksmith_tb 4y agoHmm, that seems way too high? They're a branch of the military[1], which is the biggest standing army in the Middle East, but even the whole army comes to about a million for a country of 86M. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps#Size https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Co...
- athinggoingon 4y agoYou're thinking about the Basij: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basij https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basij