We need to break out this quote again #Iran

[rb_tcp@piaille.fr]

@MartinTaudio Without the cigarette it is even more true.

[betalars@chaos.social]

@oneiros @MartinTaudio yeah okay. The other one covertly has killed thousands of its citizens and still pretends to be a beacon of democracy.

The land of the free* is a total farce.

*The land with the largest prisoner population in the entire world, both when counting per capita as well as when counting the total.

[sysop408@sfba.social]

@MartinTaudio lots of Iranian expats here in Northern California. My wife and I have rented a room to a couple of women who came over from Iran and we're still friends with them.

One of them really enjoyed her wine. We were surprised that she had a thing for wine coming from an Islamic state. She laughed and said, "you can get anything you want if you know the right people."

She may have been exaggerating, but she said the newspaper seller probably isn't just selling newspapers.

I had a friend when I was younger who went to Tehran in the summer to visit family, but returned the next summer to party. She said life there was really boring until she connected with some cousins of hers who knew the underground scene and then she spent the rest of her time hanging out in underground dance clubs full of young people.

[uweb@troet.cafe]

@MartinTaudio

In keeping with DI.DAY, we should all take the opportunity to think more independently and in all directions on all topics, and allow ourselves to be less instrumentalized.

[francoisprague@mastodon.social]

@MartinTaudio had Iranian leaders been Christians, then US would have considered it an ally with shared values (women rights...)

[howtophil@mastodon.social]

@MartinTaudio Never confuse the government of a nation with the people of a nation.

[martintaudio@mastodon.scot]

@howtophil exactly

[crazyeddie@mastodon.social]

@saltywizard @MartinTaudio And to get slack.

[saltywizard@beige.party]

@crazyeddie @MartinTaudio

praise bob. all hail eris. etm.

[mahadevank@mastodon.social]

@MartinTaudio everywhere i go I meet sweet people - even the russians are a fun bunch

But all of us are brainwashed to see differences between each other

[arrowbearmoore@toad.social]

@MartinTaudio The difference being the US has easier access to an abundance of “bread & circuses,” which is a product of authoritarian capitalism.

[valehippi@climatejustice.social]

@MartinTaudio it never was about feuds between fake dichotomies.

It was always between the zillionaire mindset and normal people.

We just need to wake up the normal people. And quickly.