05-19-2018, 09:48 PM
I do not know if it is a good parallel, but the Romanian Revolution that ultimately toppled the Ceausescu dynasty-in-formation began in a repression of an ethnic minority -- the Hungarians -- over some religious protests against the infernal regime. People in distress by then did not care that it was an ethnic minority that was getting the worst first in Timisoara. They quit accepting excuses including demonizing lies about those rising against the dictatorship.
OK, Iran is more repressive, and more armed-to-the-teeth than Ceausescu's Iran.
A general rule is worthy of remembrance: revolutions succeed, whether in Russia in 1917 or the Philippines in 1986 (talk about evil and good) when the army and the police force decide on behalf of the revolutionaries.
OK, Iran is more repressive, and more armed-to-the-teeth than Ceausescu's Iran.
A general rule is worthy of remembrance: revolutions succeed, whether in Russia in 1917 or the Philippines in 1986 (talk about evil and good) when the army and the police force decide on behalf of the revolutionaries.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.