PugJesus"W-we just really love liberty, promise!"
"W-we just really love liberty, promise!"
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2037619/w-we-just-really-love-liberty-promise
The Levant Files#Iran Intensifies #Crackdown on #Reformists as #Nuclear Standoff With #U.S. Deepens
https://www.thelevantfiles.org/2026/02/iran-intensifies-crackdown-on.html
𝗖 𝗔 𝗧"There are reformists in all countries, for everywhere the bourgeoisie seek, in one way or another, to corrupt the workers and turn them into contented slaves who have given up all thought of doing away with slavery."
- V. I. Lenin, "Marxism and Reformism" (1913)
Ramesh Gupta#Iran’s hard-liners won most of the remaining seats in a run-off to give them full control over parliament
Hard-liners seek more cultural and social restrictions based on #Islamic #sharia, including demanding that women wear the Islamic veil in public. They also express enmity toward the West, particularly #US.
#Reformists and those for abandoning Iran’s theocratic system were either banned or didn’t bother to register.
#UncannySimilarities ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111710045649884344
https://apnews.com/article/iran-parliamentary-runoff-election-a2c26bd75a3cc1dae5b9f1a087917bfe
A parliamentary election runoff puts hard-liners firmly in charge of Iran's parliament
Iran’s hard-liners have won most of the remaining seats in an election run-off to give them full control over the country’s parliament, authorities say. They did not give details of the turnout. The result, and that of the previous vote in March, gives hard-liners 233 of the 290 seats in Iran’s parliament, according to an Associated Press tally. Hard-liners seek more cultural and social restrictions based on Islamic sharia, including demanding that women wear the Islamic veil in public. They also express enmity toward the West, particularly the United States. Those politicians calling for change in the country’s government, known broadly as reformists, were generally barred from running in the election.
Rupert CockeThe latest essay on my personal blog looks at how to reform society. #Reformists should be reluctant to tear up existing institutions; should start with the biggest problems first; and should seek feedback on the success or failure of their reforms as they implement them. Please check out the full essay after the jump. https://sharpenyouraxe.substack.com/p/hedgehogs-and-switching-costs
