In Iran
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The demonstrations are unlikely to topple the government, at least in the short term, activists and political analysts said
Could surprise however. Who thought that Premier Ceaușescu would be drive from office. (Though I have read things that it really was not really a revolution, but a coup)
All of the Warsaw Pact member states were tossing out their communists overlords at that time. Romania, the most Stalinist of them all after East Germany, was going to follow suit. When it came it was no surprise as it, along with Albania which was unique in it’s own Stalinist way, were among the very last hold outs.
What is happening in Iran now is very different.
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Romania is largely remembered more than the other former Warsaw Pact states because of the fate of the Ceausecus. .
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WHen Premier Ceaușescu gets booed from stage. The look on his face is "Oops - what is happen here??!!"
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Gladwell talks about the fall of Ceausescu in "The Tipping Point."
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Now the oil workers are joining in, threatening to destroy what they built.
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Gladwell talks about the fall of Ceausescu in "The Tipping Point."
Gladwell talks about the fall of Ceausescu in "The Tipping Point."
That looks like an interesting book
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Gladwell talks about the fall of Ceausescu in "The Tipping Point."
That looks like an interesting book
@taiwan_girl it is. It's been years since I read it, so only a couple of anecdotes stick out in my memory, this being one of them.
It's very much "pop psychology" stuff, like much of his other stuff. Entertaining, nevertheless.
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Watched a news report on the Iran revolt this am that discussed at some length a state militia called Basij. They are they ones cracking protesters’ heads and other despicable criminal acts against dissenters.
Especially nasty bunch of fanatics:
https://www.voanews.com/amp/iran-s-basij-force-specialists-in-cracking-down-on-dissent-/6759796.html
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Iran has a citizenry that is very angry with their government and very tired of their repression. I think the mullahs never really stamped out the westernization of the country. I really hope this rids the country of these medieval bastards in power.
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Iran has a citizenry that is very angry with their government and very tired of their repression. I think the mullahs never really stamped out the westernization of the country. I really hope this rids the country of these medieval bastards in power.
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Hopefully we are participating.
China is Iran's largest oil customer.
https://www.tillis.senate.gov/2022/6/tillis-introduces-legislation-calling-out-iran-china-ties
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It's really encouraging that over 40 years of brainwashing doesn't appear to have worked.
Maybe there's hope for humanity after all...
