Why regime change in Iran was never in the cards | About That
Although the U.S. and Israel claim several wins in their war against Iran’s military, the messaging from the start of the war about achieving regime change has fizzled out. Andrew Chang explains how Iran's deeply entrenched power structure and military strategy make its leadership so difficult to replace.
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🧬读者反馈更新：《恐怖作为统治手段…‘官不聊生’、社会暴力、事故频发的背后》
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#统治 #变革 #权力结构 #原理 #俄罗斯 #战争 #中国 #powerstructure #principles #Russia #war #China
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该国目前已到达或即将到达一个抉择点：是继续恐怖统治，无论对政权本身构成何种威胁和后果，还是将管理模式朝着更自由化的方向转变，尽管这种模式只是虚幻的，但至少还有机会将灾难转向不那么极端的状态。武力阶层当然坚决反对，因为首先， 他们正在趁机积极重新分配财产（跟伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队一样，他们在恐怖统治期间几乎占领了伊朗经济中资源最丰富的40%），而且安全考虑也显而易见：改变政策意味着要找出导致旧模式崩溃的罪魁祸首。没有人愿意背所有锅，因此对任何放松管制措施的抵抗都将极为激烈。
最后，对于灾难性过程来说有一个公理：灾难中没有好的解决方案。只有在糟糕和非常糟糕之间做出选择。想要有回旋余地的话，首先就是尽可能避免进入这样的局面。一些中国人对局势的想象是错误的。
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Makes Trump look extremely weak. He looks like a 6th grade student in class.
“It’s your choice to feel hurt or not.”
“Take back your power!”
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Telling people they ‘have the choice’ and to ‘take back their power’ can, at times, be a bit less helpful than one might think.
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#Abelism #Disabled #Minorities #Marginalized #Capitalism #PowerDifferential #PowerStructure #Hierarchy #ActuallyAutistic
Why does the word 'protect' never seem to include giving people more power or autonomy?
*When applied to vulnerable parts of the population.
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This article on the cult of being confident that's imposed on women seems to be an extract from their recent book.
Very interesting. Corporations like to externalize costs, and right-wing governments like to externalize governmental services and support by telling individuals to do things for themselves and not ask the government (which they elect and support) to help them.
https://psyche.co/ideas/the-cult-of-being-confident-and-why-it-doesnt-help-women
People are very tied to their language and don’t like change, especially when it #challenges a #PowerStructure . In #Winnipeg , Bishop Grandin, a symbol of #colonial power, is being #replaced by #languages of the #historically #oppressed : #Cree , #Ojibwe & #Métis . While this is precisely the point behind the change, it may make those uncertain about changing power structures uncomfortable.
#decolonization #renaming #reclaiming #landback #Manitoba #Canada #Indigenous
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