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[–] 22 points 1 day ago (1 child)

IRGC do be reading Lenin on revolutionary defeatism apparently.

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  • [–] 14 points 20 hours ago*

    Let's not give them too much credit. They are Islamists, their revolution was a religious one and they have a lot of idealism infecting their analysis which is obvious given the choices and statements they've made for decades. They did murder our comrades by hanging them from cranes for being communists and I believe still scorn communism as atheistic and incompatible with the Iranian revolution. We will continue to critically support them as the better choice between them and American-Zionist domination of the Iranian people and region (and for their support of the Palestinian people under genocide) but they are far from an ideal form of government and have and continue to make a lot of mistakes and what correct choices they made are largely last resort after exhausting all other options and being repeatedly hit with a stick by the US and forced into taking these choices.

    Anyway this is just basic propaganda stuff and not particularly good given the length and how very few Americans will read it. Their LEGO propaganda is much better IMO. In my opinion I'd try less to reach Americans whose opinions don't matter in government action anyway and more to reach Europeans to continue to pressure their governments not to engage on the US side in this and to apply counter-pressure on the US however minor to settle. If they want to spur Americans to action they need to force higher gas prices, much higher than now and to do that they need to close the strait more effectively than they've been able to thus far to deliver a real price and sticker shock.

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