Revolutionary_Eye887 t1_iypjpqq wrote on December 3, 2022 at 3:46 AM

Reply to comment by kytheon in Iranian athlete’s family home demolished by officials, media outlet says by SelectiveSanity

Well, they managed to overthrow the Shah. He wasn’t a lightweight at controlling the population.

kytheon t1_iyq0yg8 wrote on December 3, 2022 at 6:42 AM

With “they” you mean the Islamists that became the current regime. “They” are not going to do it again because they’re in power.

SHTHAWK t1_iyq5rz7 wrote on December 3, 2022 at 7:48 AM

they are saying that the Islamist's overthrew the Shah when the Shah was powerful. Now the Islamist's are powerful but the citizens still have the ability to overthrow the government, just like the Shah was overthrown.....

Revolutionary_Eye887 t1_iys6sel wrote on December 3, 2022 at 7:21 PM

Apparently, from the Iranian comments here, the population no longer has the will or means to overthrow their all powerful government regime. They are doomed forever to just be sheeple and go the way of Russians. Oh well, time to move on. Nothing to see here.

OldWierdo t1_iys27ii wrote on December 3, 2022 at 6:48 PM

They also had help that they could rely on. They look around and see what happened when the Afghans tried to get rid of the Taliban, what happened when the Syrians tried to get rid of alAssad, what happened when the Kurds tried to get out - they don't trust their support, and they can't do it without support.