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Im imagining tons of people cheering for it because it's bad for the U.S. and good for one of their victims despite the fact that it is literally a form of rent seeking
It's arguably a good idea for the world in general. By occupying the strait and being the official security provider, Iran prevents the U.S. from ever taking that role. One of the reasons the US tried to collapse Iran was so it could come in and occupy the Strait, then use that power to cut off China from Hormuz oil as an extension of their Strait of Malacca blockade strategy into the Middle East.
Just imagine if the U.S. was able to enforce sanctions and blockades at the Strait of Hormuz, restricting oil going from the strait to any U.S.-sanctioned country. That would be the exact inverse of what Iran is doing right now.
Iran taking rent on every single bit of transit going through the strait isn't going to do anything good for anyone who isn't in iran and directly benefiting from it
This is the fucked up take i expect from people who don't know what critical support means. Preventing the U.S. from doing something doesn't mean it's magically a good thing (much less for the rest of the fucking world, what) if Iran does it.
Iran needs money (since the US has sanctioned them to kingdom come) to preserve the value of its currency and its balance of payments, and this is a good way to do so. What did you expect Iran to do? Fight the U.S. without getting any money in return?
I expect iran to levy a toll and people who aren't brainless to support it within the context of raising funds for the war but not support it within the context of "iran gets a toll on all shipments through the strait forever, which totally isn't a rent seeking arrangement"
First of all, it's likely to only be a toll on "unfriendly" countries. Secondly, it is a form of reparations for the damage inflicted by sanctions and the war. As long as sanctions continue, tolls are justified.