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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 210 points 4 days ago

Minute 1:30, it calls them a "fascist dictatorship"....

Look, I'm not going to apologize for Iran in any manner. But calling them fascist isn't, its not quite right. Fascism is a form of political identity. It has a specific meaning. The regime in Iran might be terrible, but its not fascist, per se..

Also the comments on this video are wild.

This video is hard to suffer through. I'd love to hear a deep dive, but I can't stomach this.

[-] West_of_West@piefed.social 130 points 4 days ago

I've never heard of Iran being called fascist. It is a militant theocracy.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 85 points 4 days ago

I've only ever heard it called fascist by people at both a) have no idea what iran is or b) have no idea what a fascist is.

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[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago

Yeah they're a totalitarian theocracy

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[-] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 43 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

My first grade teacher swore WW3 would be over clean water.

Hes been proven more and more right as time goes on.

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago

Man I thought the assassination of MLK Jr was a heavy topic for first grade when my kid came home talking all about it. You got him beat by a mile.

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[-] rimu@piefed.social 119 points 4 days ago

Same thing is happening in Iraq.

After all the fighting, suffering and genocide in the region, it'll all be for nothing once climate change makes it uninhabitable.

[-] Ugurcan@lemmy.world 52 points 4 days ago

It was the oil wells and not the people who’s been “liberated” all along.

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[-] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 25 points 4 days ago

Maybe that nuke money should have gone into solving this problem

[-] smol_beans@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

If they didn't have nukes the USA would've "liberated" them and turned them into iraq by now

[-] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

Well they don't have nukes and they didn't get "liberated", but maybe they should have been, there would be less civilian graves in Ukraine killed by Shaheed Drones.

[-] smol_beans@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

they didn’t get “liberated”, but maybe they should have been

Are you in the CIA?

[-] Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Spewing Israhelli propaganda, I see.

Maybe if Iran hadn't been couped by the USA and Britain for attempting to make its own decisions with its oil, they'd be in a much better position, but alas, we'll never know what would have been if the Shah hadn't been reinstated by the west.

[-] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

Sure, BP fucked Iran really bad and maybe it could have been a beacon of progress in the region today.

Doesn't change the fact that as of today it's a terrorist state that shoots down civilian planes and supplies despots with war crime drones.

[-] Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com 2 points 2 days ago

This is your brain on American exceptionalism

[-] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Only in Lemmy you get crazies defending Iran

You defend american terrorism, which murders millions of people yearly. Go throw your body to the meatgrinder in Vietnam or whatever your empire is doing right now.

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

So this is the Zionist US propaganda sub now

[-] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 78 points 4 days ago
[-] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 48 points 4 days ago

Thanks.

Iranian law stipulates that 85 percent of domestic food be produced locally, Morad Kaviani, professor of geography and hydropolitics at Iran’s Kharazmi University, told state television last week.

However, he added, Iran does not have the water and soil capacities, and nearly 30 percent of agricultural produce is wasted due to a lack of infrastructure, outdated irrigation practices and misguided crop selection.

Sounds like one of the biggest root disasters, eh?

So, this situation may only slightly be related to AGCC, but it does seem ominous in painting a certain picture of the future. I wonder if and when Russia and China step in, here...

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[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago

Coming soon to the USA, but under the Christo-Fascist fuck nuts.

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[-] Digit@lemmy.wtf 5 points 3 days ago

They're not landlocked. ... The cant ' de-sal'?

[-] foenix@lemmy.radio 13 points 3 days ago

Understand that desalination is extremely energy intensive and takes a massive initial investment... Years ago.

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[-] Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com 3 points 3 days ago

Tehran is 1200m above the Caspian Sea. Good luck pumping water for 28mn people up 1200m.

[-] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 3 points 3 days ago

I mean that's a lot of people to pass buckets up there.

[-] Worstdriver@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

And so, you become like them. Rigid, unyielding, and unable to see any viewpoint but your own. I feel pity for the future you and am glad I will not live to see it

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago

Their God will save them any time now. All those years of oppressing women will surely pay off.

[-] Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Least racist westerner. Do you also routinely wish hell upon Polish people for being, on average, vehemently Catholic and conservative?

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