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That assumes the regime cares more about the economic prosperity of their people than about staying in power. So far they seem to care more about power. North K
by dpe82 9mo ago
That assumes the regime cares more about the economic prosperity of their people than about staying in power. So far they seem to care more about power. North Korea provides a model for how terrible the situation can get for every day people in that sort of arrangement.
- halestock 9mo agoYou can only let that go so far, because at the end of the day you need to pay the military to keep you in power.
- tdeck 9mo agoSome level of eonomic prosperity is necessary to keep the government's key supporters (e.g. the ruling class and the army) satisfied.
- Imustaskforhelp 9mo agoTheir economic prosperity is more linked to Oil than Internet. Plus, the elites economic prosperity is also linked to their not being protests and for the toppling of govt to not occur and they might be willing to offset some losses to keep the average population in check Which sucks for the average iranian but we saw how their protests were cracked down with 20-30 THOUSAND people killed and Iran hiding bodies etc. I have heard that all shops are either shut down or running at the most minimum capacity. Economic prosperity just isn't a question now in Iran.
- reeredfdfdf 9mo agoYeah, foreign intervention is probably the best option at this point. If the elites are willing to murder tends of thousands of innocent people, then I see no moral issues with foreign intervention to get rid of IRGC and current government using any means necessary.
- kelipso 8mo agoConsent manufactured or manufacturing consent I wonder.
- AnimalMuppet 8mo agoTwo things can be true at once: 1. The government of Iran is an oppressive, immoral dictatorship. 2. Foreign intervention to try to remove it would likely result in worse outcomes, not better.
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- ReptileMan 9mo agoNorth Korea is effectively an island. Iran has many neighbors and long borders. They have no choice but to be at least semi integrated into the world and strong enough to defend themselves.
- 21asdffdsa12 8mo agoThe regime does not even care about the capital having water in the next month. They are basically doing pre-emptive starvation culling at this point.