Thoughts on Iran, the Internet and Contradictions

As more photos and videos of governmental atrocities come through, the more hopeless I feel about the situation. This government is not one that is willing to give up its power. The Shah, in 1979, was a humanitarian compared to this. Now, even those who thought they wanted a revolution hold guns against their fellow human beings. Khamenei's words give me shivers. If it wasn't for the Internet, this 'revolution' would have been crushed days ago. I guess twitter does have its uses, even the news stories are following it and the regime cannot block it.


Repulsive Contradictions
Iranian nationalism is at an all time high. Instead of seeing it as a 'human disaster' they see it as 'a disaster for my people'. Instead of a dictatorship, they want democracy, even though 'democracy' is how they got here in the first place. They hate the Islamic republic but they still yell "Allah-o Akbar!". They do not want external interference but sign UN petitions against the Ayatollah. I'm afraid that nothing worth mentioning will come from this, the most that will happen is that they will replace one slave master with a less oppressive one.

Second Iranian Revolution?

The Iranians are at it again. The only problem is, even if anything does happen, people have different views on how to move forward and this will result in hundreds trying to grab hold of the state apparatus. It is not likely that true freedom will emerge.