For everyone who doesn’t know. An anecdotal summary (look up yourself for facts, i am just recalling from memory)
Irans democratic elected ruler tried to nationalise the oil industry which was largely controlled by the UK and US who then staged a coup to reinstate and support the monarchy in return for securing them that controlling.
This made a lot of people in Iran very angry with the West.
That monarch went kinda mad with oppressive power to the point that the clergy was the only real opposition left. Which created the conditions that started the islamic revolution.
And we seemingly learned nothing as one of the Trump regime early ideas for the current war with Iran was to reinstate and back the monarchy with the current last descendant living in the US.
Most of these pictures that show Iran before the revolution also show upper class citizens. The most people, especially outside the big cities, lived in relative poverty. So it is like showing pictures of the Russian aristocracy before the revolution to show how good people had it under the Tsar.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m in no way shape or form a fan of the Ajatollah regime but the picture is more complex and nuanced then many people think and just showing two pictures from before the revolution and now are misleading at best.
wewbull@feddit.uk 1 day ago
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webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
For everyone who doesn’t know. An anecdotal summary (look up yourself for facts, i am just recalling from memory)
Irans democratic elected ruler tried to nationalise the oil industry which was largely controlled by the UK and US who then staged a coup to reinstate and support the monarchy in return for securing them that controlling.
This made a lot of people in Iran very angry with the West.
That monarch went kinda mad with oppressive power to the point that the clergy was the only real opposition left. Which created the conditions that started the islamic revolution.
And we seemingly learned nothing as one of the Trump regime early ideas for the current war with Iran was to reinstate and back the monarchy with the current last descendant living in the US.
Herr_S_aus_H@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
Most of these pictures that show Iran before the revolution also show upper class citizens. The most people, especially outside the big cities, lived in relative poverty. So it is like showing pictures of the Russian aristocracy before the revolution to show how good people had it under the Tsar.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m in no way shape or form a fan of the Ajatollah regime but the picture is more complex and nuanced then many people think and just showing two pictures from before the revolution and now are misleading at best.
Bruncvik@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
So, sort of like Washington D.C. urbanities and tourists vs. much of the overflight country.
Smaile@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
the general populous never learns anything, like ever. only time they do is when mass violence and chaos happens and then even sometime they forget.
Magnum@infosec.pub 1 day ago
funne