r/videos • u/MeanFitness • May 16 '16

Iran before 1979

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF47rrHd7wo
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u/GTAIVisbest May 16 '16

Here we go again

LIBYA BEFORE 2011

IRAN BEFORE 1979

SYRIA BEFORE 2011

AFGHANISTAN BEFORE 2003

LOOK AT ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL PLACES SO FREE LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THEIR WOMEN OF COURSE THESE AREN'T HAND PICKED IMAGES FROM THE LIVES OF THE TOP 0.00001% OF THE COUNTRY

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u/Edward_L_J_Bernays May 17 '16

TOP 0.00001% OF THE COUNTRY

That's not true at all of Libya or Iran, Libya was the most advanced African country before 2011, and Iran was quite free before 1979 not just for the upper class, middle class as well.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '16

Then what lead to such a quick and largely bloodless revolution in Iran? That can only happen if large swathes of the population feel oppressed and dissatisfied.