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Re:Delete FROM users WHERE location = 'Iran'; by tpm on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @05:56AM (#45344902)
Iran is much less democratic than the US and the rest of the Western world. 158th from 179 entries here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Dem_Democracy_Indices
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Re:Delete FROM users WHERE location = 'Iran'; by DC-3 on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @07:29AM (#45345521)
Yes, that's the point they're making. Arguably US citizens are more complicit in the crimes of Israel than Iranians are in the crimes of Russia since Americans have more capacity to choice their leadership.
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Re:Delete FROM users WHERE location = 'Iran'; by tpm on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @08:04AM (#45345795)
I understood that, only posted what I did because let's just not say "Iran is a democratic country, like the US". It is not.
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Re:Delete FROM users WHERE location = 'Iran'; by yatopifo on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @11:02AM (#45348073)
Iran has a longer history, obviously, but it’s worth mentioning the US is no longer a democratic country. The congress has effectively delegated its powers to the president. You can’t really come back from that any time soon.
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Re:Delete FROM users WHERE location = 'Iran'; by tpm on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @11:36AM (#45348551)
You (or rather the US) can come back from that in the next elections, let's hope it works.
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Re:Delete FROM users WHERE location = 'Iran'; by marcosdumay on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @12:43PM (#45349503)
Good, looking at data.

Now search what happened to the Iran's democracy in the 70s and why their redemocratization stopped in the 90s.

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Re:Delete FROM users WHERE location = 'Iran'; by tpm on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @05:13PM (#45352826)
Why stop there, let us go another millenium or two into the complete offtopic territory.
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