01-13-2020, 12:48 AM
(01-12-2020, 07:11 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: I agree that would be ideal. Reality is rarely ideal, though.
John, wouldn't a change of form of government be inconsistent with an awakening era? If you think it's consistent, can you outline how you think it could happen?
I once saw an interview of the son of the late Reza Shah Pahlavi II, and he said that he would function much like Juan Carlos of Spain... promoting a liberal and largely-secular Iran that respects the religious sensibilities of the People. Whatever that means...
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.