this country is so fucking cool

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

But the differences are slight. Maybe won't go as far down the oppression of women rabbit hole, but not for lack of trying. Merely because, I hope, our society is to far past that for them to drag us back that far.

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  • [–] 51 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Merely because, I hope, our society is to far past that for them to drag us back that far.

    These women in Iran just before the Islamic Revolution in 1979 probably thought they were too far past it, too.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And guess which country caused that revolution...

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    Iran. Even if the British and American interference was abhorrent, an Islamic Fascist state wasn't the only alternative they had.

    Putting all the agency (and therefore responsibility) in imperial powers is also a form of imperialism.

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