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Re:Things That Happen in Silicon Valley and Also the Soviet ... by Hasknewbie on Friday July 06, 2018 @02:22PM (#17473877)
Except not that long ago the Iranians DID revolt, following a sham election where the reformists/progressives should have won. They got into the streets. And then they got shot.

You seem to be living in a phantasy world where subjects of a dictature are just "asking for it", and a 50%-or-more majority should magically change everything. That's not how power works. Money and bullets, you see, matter more than ballots.

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Re:Things That Happen in Silicon Valley and Also the Soviet ... by d0lph on Friday July 06, 2018 @03:37PM (#17474457)
The US did the same, revolted against a well armed adversary.

The people are the power, paper money is no match.

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Re:Things That Happen in Silicon Valley and Also the Soviet ... by kozikow on Friday July 06, 2018 @05:14PM (#17475176)
The revolting side was well armed as well. It's not the case in Saudi Arabia.
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Re:Things That Happen in Silicon Valley and Also the Soviet ... by d0lph on Friday July 06, 2018 @05:23PM (#17475244)
Can you cite something for this? Everything I read is to the contrary, that they are well armed.
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Re:Things That Happen in Silicon Valley and Also the Soviet ... by kozikow on Saturday July 07, 2018 @12:16AM (#17476961)
I find it surprising, but indeed, firearms per capita amount is pretty high for Saudi Arabia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_guns_per_c... .
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