I despise western imperialism. A lot of our misery lays at their feet. I hate their bootlickers both in and out Iran. People who are either stupid enough to believe America will bring freedom to Iran(like they weren’t the ones who took it away from us in 53) or evil enough to think that by American intervention they can steal Iran’s resources.
I also despise the religious fundamentalists who have held unto power by abusing Iranians’ justified fear of the west. They have imposed medieval rules for the people all the while stealing and monopolising Iran’s rich resources. They have killed and imprisoned countless people from student activists to union workers. This can no longer go on.
Are we not worried about the possibility of foreign intervention in Iran? Of course we are. We have learnt that lesson through years of struggle. It’s in our blood. Does that mean we should lay down and allow a bunch of ancient fucks ruin our country? No. Enough is enough.
The arbitrary choice between islamic fundamentalism and American imperialism is false. We are fighting for an authentic third way.
Be our voice. Help prevent us from getting stifled. We’ will worry about our movement getting hijacked.
new thing i learned just now: in like 400 AD there was a monk named simeon stylites who used to live in a one room cell with a window but too many people kept bugging him for religious advice, so he climbed to the top of a pillar and shackled himself to it until he died 37 years later.
this became a cool new trend to the point where there were enough pillar monks of varying viewpoints that they would scream at each other all day
