[OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

[MHSN 3,599]

On 7/5/2024 at 12:02 AM, MHSN said:

We are only few hours away from a catastrophe , probably one of the worst in the very long history of this country.

 

after the lowest turnout ever in the first round, things don't look better for the runoff, of course there is no reliable poll and I'm still hoping for a surprise when I wake up Saturday morning but it doesn't feel like that. this time it's not about just one "bad guy" but a very dangerous cult with weird delusional apocalyptic idea.

it looks like we have dodged the bullet for now, 6 millions more people decided to come out, increasing the turnout from 40% to 50% and that was good enough

 

doesn't mean this cult is gone, they already have the parliament and will try everything to sabotage the new government. but at least this gives the country (which is in critical situation) 4 more years to breath. 

 

sorry for the pilots but that helicopter crash turned out to be a good thing after all.

[Gianlu33 4,502]

Pezeshkian won the Iranian elections 

Honestly I didn't expect that.

 

 

Now, he have to demonstrate how is really a reformist and how much of his campaign was just propaganda.

Edited July 6 by Gianlu33

[heywoodu 14,913]

10 hours ago, MHSN said:

it looks like we have dodged the bullet for now, 6 millions more people decided to come out, increasing the turnout from 40% to 50% and that was good enough

 

doesn't mean this cult is gone, they already have the parliament and will try everything to sabotage the new government. but at least this gives the country (which is in critical situation) 4 more years to breath. 

 

sorry for the pilots but that helicopter crash turned out to be a good thing after all.

Judging by what you wrote, none of the entire situation is exactly 'great', but of the possible outcomes of this week, this one is at least the better one and maybe even a tiny bit hopeful, then? (I hope, at least!)

Edited July 6 by heywoodu

[MHSN 3,599]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Judging by what you wrote, none of the entire situation is exactly 'great', but of the possible outcomes of this week, this one is at least the better one and maybe even a tiny bit hopeful, then? (I hope, at least!)

Yes sure

that was hopeful but just a tiny bit. it was more like avoiding a disaster rather than making things better. while all hardliners are bad IMO, that guy Jalili belongs to their worst group, the worst you can imagine within the Iranian society. his idea was more similar to Taliban, nobody knows how his wife looks like (which is a sign of how he thinks of women) . actually I'm somehow still upset that he has 13.5 millions vote. that's very disappointing. 

 

Jalili and his monstrous idea was the reason 6 millions more people showed up yesterday. still more than 30 millions (more than 50%) didn't which is also a bad sign. the wounds of 2022 have not healed yet

 

I don't fool myself. this is not going to change things dramatically, Khameneyi still call the shots in important matters (he doesn't interfere in everything but still), the IRGC is still there, the hardliners still control the parliament. 

 

 

[copravolley 230]

27 minutes ago, MHSN said:

Yes sure

that was hopeful but just a tiny bit. it was more like avoiding a disaster rather than making things better. while all hardliners are bad IMO, that guy Jalili belongs to their worst group, the worst you can imagine within the Iranian society. his idea was more similar to Taliban, nobody knows how his wife looks like (which is a sign of how he thinks of women) . actually I'm somehow still upset that he has 13.5 millions vote. that's very disappointing. 

 

Jalili and his monstrous idea was the reason 6 millions more people showed up yesterday. still more than 30 millions (more than 50%) didn't which is also a bad sign. the wounds of 2022 have not healed yet

 

I don't fool myself. this is not going to change things dramatically, Khameneyi still call the shots in important matters (he doesn't interfere in everything but still), the IRGC is still there, the hardliners still control the parliament. 

 

 

What do you think about this Shah regime before the 1978 revolution? In hindsight, what was the best path for your country back then? 

[MHSN 3,599]

13 minutes ago, copravolley said:

What do you think about this Shah regime before the 1978 revolution? In hindsight, what was the best path for your country back then? 

that was still a bloody dictatorship with his notorious secret police SAVAK, but it wasn't religious, it wasn't anti-western and the economy was better. so in short, The Shah regime was bad, the current regime is much worse.

 

actually Iran was going into the right direction (or at least a better path) before the 1953 coup which was administrated and managed by USA and UK. 

 

I still think 1979 revolution was a huge mistake, but that was inevitable unfortunately.

[copravolley 230]

18 minutes ago, MHSN said:

that was still a bloody dictatorship with his notorious secret police SAVAK, but it wasn't religious, it wasn't anti-western and the economy was better. so in short, The Shah regime was bad, the current regime is much worse.

 

actually Iran was going into the right direction (or at least a better path) before the 1953 coup which was administrated and managed by USA and UK. 

 

I still think 1979 revolution was a huge mistake, but that was inevitable unfortunately.

Iran could then follow the path of Turkey, where Ataturk introduced a secular state. Later, Erdogan began to move away from this, but Türkiye is still very modern and rich.

[bestmen 2,806]

Ooooooh Marine 

 

A far-right site calls for "eliminating" a list of 97 anti-RN lawyers: the Order of Lawyers seized by the Paris prosecutor

 

https://www.marianne.net/societe/police-et-justice/un-site-dextreme-droite-appelle-a-eliminer-une-liste-de-97-avocats-anti-rn-lordre-des-avocats-saisit-la-procureure-de-paris

[MHSN 3,599]

Persian speaking media are having a hard time writing the new UK prime minister's name, I mean his given name Keir. 

 

if you translate/transliterate his name to Persian and then translate back the result to English. what you get is penis 

[heywoodu 14,913]

24 minutes ago, MHSN said:

Persian speaking media are having a hard time writing the new UK prime minister's name, I mean his given name Keir. 

 

if you translate/transliterate his name to Persian and then translate back the result to English. what you get is penis 

Goes pretty well with the new Dutch prime minister (since this week), Dick Schoof  

 

Seems to be a rather penile week of politics.

Edited July 7 by heywoodu