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Caitlin Johnstone: "Why Don't You Criticize Iran??" (open.substack.com)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by davel@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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I don’t criticize Iran because I do not want to feed into an imperial war propaganda campaign for a horrific agenda that I do not support. I want to focus my criticisms on the power structure under which I actually live, because that is what one does when one is not a groveling bootlicker, and because the power structure under which I live happens to be the most abusive tyrant on the world stage.

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[–] folaht@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have a better reason:

The theojudicial government of Iran is fighting a pro-monarchy insurrection.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That’s the same reason. The “pro-monarchy insurrection” isn’t organic. It’s another facet of the imperialist hybrid war to vassalize Iran.

[–] folaht@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

True, but saying "Why on earth would I support monarchism?"
is a lot quicker than six paragraphs about the workings of the US empire.