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>the Shah was liberalizing and modernizing his nation Quaint revisionism; in fact Mossadegh was already actually liberalizing and modernizing the nation while
by cholantesh 1y ago
>the Shah was liberalizing and modernizing his nation
Quaint revisionism; in fact Mossadegh was already actually liberalizing and modernizing the nation while Pahlavi was turning it into a US/UK client state.
- thomassmith65 1y agoNeither Mossadegh nor Pahlavi were ideal leaders, and both were better than what Iran has today.
- cholantesh 1y agoNo leaders are 'ideal', but the only way you can equivocate between these two is taking it making a tacit assumption that reorienting the state apparatus and your economy towards the needs of foreign clients - and away from the enrichment of regular people at home - is good.
- thomassmith65 1y agoThe concern I raise is that religious fanatics replace MBS. In that context, the relevant Iranian comparison is pre-1979 and post-1979. Post-1979 is a nightmare, a terrifying Twilight Zone episode. See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Iran https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Iran In Saudi Arabia, MBS is probably better than a more fanatical Wahabist government. I gather the power struggle between the royals and the clerics is ongoing. Human rights progress would reverse under the latter.