Google 1970s Iran vs now. It’s an interesting contrast of how quickly societies can change; and some would argue, not towards the future but backwards.

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    5 months ago

    Nobody ever posts the “Here’s a teenage boy who has been beaten bloody by the Shah’s secret police” photo from the 1970s

    Neither do we get the “Meet the PhD student who graduated without a penny of debt” from the 2020s.

    But the sepia photograph of a hot girl in a short dress? Literally the only evidence we have that Iran even exists.

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      5 months ago

      Oh ok, then let me tell you that I’ve known a refugee from Iran. Or we could talk about the fact that they murder women for demanding rights.

      You seem to be defending a theocracy that stole participation in the public sphere from half its population. Rethink your life