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Is the Iranian Regime About to Collapse?
- Anon84 10mo agohttps://archive.md/moogV https://archive.md/moogV
- xenospn 10mo agoI think a more likely outcome is Iran comes out the other end of this on Monday morning with 5000 dead.
- biglyburrito 10mo agoAgreed. Apparently at least 2000 are already dead, after the IRGC opened fire on protesters in multiple cities. https://www.iranintl.com/en/202601103903 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202601103903
- biglyburrito 10mo agoFWIW I was told after I posted that iranintl.com isn't necessarily a trustworthy source of news, and that Hrana ( https://www.en-hrana.org https://www.en-hrana.org ) is a better source. The reported numbers are far lower there.
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- JumpCrisscross 10mo ago> a more likely outcome is Iran comes out the other end of this on Monday morning with 5000 dead Agree. But what would you wager on that today versus a year ago?
- WheelsAtLarge 10mo agoMaybe, but the resulting ruling regime will eventually be similar. There will be a lot of talk about getting a democratic government in place and maybe there will be one for a bit but ultimately a dictator like government will rule. It turns out that democracy is hard and people have to be willing to constantly fight to keep it. One man rule seems to be the default government that most people get.
- JumpCrisscross 10mo ago> democracy is hard and people have to be willing to constantly fight to keep it I’m similarly pessimistic about democracy being a universal model. But Iran is a millennia-old civilization with a history that includes strongmen and local rule. If there is somewhere in the Middle East a true republic should work, it’s in Iran.
- oriettaxx 10mo agodid you notice there is nothing from the Vatican about the theocratic regime?