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BTTammer t1_j296m2c wrote

Great lesson here for our misfortunate American brethren who have fallen into the Qult/MAGA.

The only common thread among these guys is that they all convinced enough of their people that they were being attacked/oppressed/threatened. And then most of them were ultimately destroyed by the "West".

Conservative authoritarian regimes wield power by convincing the people that they are the victim/being attacked from outside, and only the authoritarian regime can preserve their way of life. Basically the Trump/MAGA playbook, in my opinion.

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jubbergun t1_j2a214c wrote

> Conservative authoritarian regimes wield power by convincing the people that they are the victim/being attacked from outside, and only the authoritarian regime can preserve their way of life.

You mean like the one that runs the country where this photo was taken?

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fitzroy95 t1_j2bis68 wrote

Indeed, but to be fair

> they are the victim/being attacked from outside

and they have been that targeted victim by the USA and Israel since the 1950s when the USA staged their first coup, installed their pet dictator, and then protected him for 20 years.

which was the whole reason that Iran eventually ended up with a theocracy, since that dictator tortured and murdered all other opposition to his rule, which only left the church with any leaders still alive when the revolution came and the US-puppet was thrown out.

Hence leading to the current clusterfuck

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