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• throw0101d 9mo ago
  > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iranian_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iranian_protests And the original Iranian protests in the late-1970s against the Shah were non-violent. It is actually 'interesting' in that it is one of the few examples where a non-violent movement ended up with an authoritative regime after "success": it's (almost?) unique in that regard per the author. Most non-violent movements end up in a democratic system. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias Invalid counter-argument: the survey in question looks all sort of movements, both those that succeeded and failed.
  • duped 9mo ago
    > And the original Iranian protests in the late-1970s against the Shah were non-violent. "original" is doing some heavy lifting here - the Iranian revolution was not non violent. By the state or by the revolutionaries. It's also impossible to talk about the regime without also bringing up the formative events in the early years of the Iranian state, namely the Iran-Iraq war.