Approaching two weeks into the war, no signs exist of the sort of anti-regime unrest that broke out across the country in January before being crushed in a brutal crackdown that killed thousands. Instead many, even those who loathe the Islamic republic, appear to have recoiled at the destruction and comments including Donald Trump’s threat to target electricity production facilities if the regime escalated. The US president also said Iran’s map will “probably not” be the same after the war, sparking fears the conflict could break apart the country. One sociologist in Tehran, who is critical of the regime and the war, said there was anecdotal evidence of a growing “sense of nationalism emerging from the war” as happened during Israel’s 12-day conflict against Iran last year, when people rallied around the flag. “The fear of Iran’s destruction is increasingly uniting people as they fear the consequences of such a large-scale conflict,” the sociologist said, asking not to be named.

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Meanwhile, in fascist USA, the kleprocratpedos are hell-bent for leather on locking everyone in and hunger games, in as many nation - states as possible.

Damn good post, and I will forgive the ask/threat.

It’s not the most salient point of the article, but this quote lands solid:

As this Iranian lady says, “We stand here to the very last drop of our blood. We won’t submit to neither submission nor negotiations. We’re only here to avenge our leader, only this! They have to pay! And they have to pay with their blood. We’re the children of Seyyed Ali. We’ve eaten the bread and salt of this land.” Iran actually has more educated women than America, and they don’t seem to want to be liberated by known sex traffickers.

Edit: although your reply is marked seven hours ago, I only received it in the last two. Perhaps admin can take a look and see if this is a Lemmy issue, since other replies seemed to appear for me in a timely manner.

If seems his red book traces his descent into madness and his ability to reason his way out of it, but that’s an extremely superficial understanding on my part.

Andrew Carnegie’s great manual of professional sociopathy (How to Win Friends). This one is great but it incessantly tries to convince the reader that we can achieve social change by collectively being more true to ourselves without proper organization.

"Professional sociopathy” is exactly correct, and I refuse to read it beyond the first chapter I already read, decades ago. It teaches how to be fake af, and that’s the problem. It teaches how to be true to our basest instincts (ID) and not to the better parts of ourselves, which leads to misery for self and others. That’s why rich sociopaths are never beyond superficially happy, without ever having found the satisfaction of striving to be our best selves, the true selves that long to be free, and it’s exactly why the world is a mess.

Frankly you have to invert much of the advice and use it to mask even harder, but I don’t hold it against the author, since that is what all NGO activism for minority groups is oriented towards.

For all the righteous hate Jung gets, he is bang on in his theory of archetypes (at least for those of us who spent primary socialization and beyond), and shadow. And shadow work is the only thing that has managed to lead me near approximation of my better self, the self that longs for liberation from the prison of my most base instinctive drives. US culture teaches us immediate gratification is desirable, but it’s superficial, and fleeting. Delayed gratification requires hard work and patience, and not least of all maintenance. But the rewards last, as long as we do the work.

Your results may vary, since I’m not familiar with your upbringing or culture. I wish I had something more substantial to offer you.

Same way. Theory doesn’t always immediately translate to praxis, though. For those who started innerstanding late (myself), it will be a lifetime exercise in honing the ability.

https://thespectaclemag.substack.com/p/the-people-of-iran-unite-to-demand

With grace.

Thank you! I’m still getting adjusted to new work and sleep hours and wanted to rta, but didn’t have it in me to archive, then xlate.

Ikr? 😅

TF?

No problem.

No need to read too much into anything and it was tongue-in-cheek.

No apology needed! I am just happy to see you again, and hope you are doing well.

Giddy you’re posting again!

It was only because I’m a rebel. People tell me how bad others are and I have to see for myself. A bane and boon, at once. But I also already believed my lying eyes, just sometimes the empire is clever enough to make us question them. And I was already interested in communism for a long time, but couldn’t distinguish good information from bad, and I’m still learning.

At any rate, I think the jig is about up, with capitalism. I just hope people will take a leap of faith to the left, rather than dig heels into the rocky soil of the right, so to speak.

The big advantage with the federated model in particular is that you don’t have a single authority deciding the rules for everyone. And that makes it possible for alternative views and ideas to be discussed.

Ack

As the liberal mainstream continues to discredit itself, people fall out of the echo chamber, and that’s where niche communities become important.

I certainly hope so.

And the biggest instance?

It made me weep, as well, and for the same reasons. Thank you for posting it.

This is a very moving video, if you’ve not seen it.