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Real Talk - How does Iran become a Country without a Dictatorship?
Posted on 2/28/26 at 10:36 am
Posted on 2/28/26 at 10:36 am
We’ve seen this before and another terrorist leader slips back in.
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Posted on 2/28/26 at 10:37 am to lsusteve1
I don’t really care if it’s a dictatorship as long as they’re friendly and don’t fund the proxies in the ME anymore.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 10:37 am to lsusteve1
The best model for muslim nations is monarchy. That way their government leaders are more worried about how much money is in their bank account, and keeping people in line, than focused on their ideology
Posted on 2/28/26 at 10:37 am to lsusteve1
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We’ve seen this before and another terrorist leader slips back in.
They were quite a bit more civilized than the other countries outside of maybe Lebanon.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 10:39 am to gaetti15
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They were quite a bit more civilized than the other countries outside of maybe Lebanon.
Iran has strong institutions, at the local level they have some democracy, they have lawyers and civil officers.
Its nothing like Afghanistan.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 10:40 am to lsusteve1
How does Iran become a Country without a Jimmy Carter supporting an Islamic overthrow?
Posted on 2/28/26 at 10:42 am to lsusteve1
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We’ve seen this before and another terrorist leader slips back in.
We will use the Venezuelan model. They sell oil to the countries we want them to sell it to. Terrorists try to rise to power, we stop the oil.
History will treat Trump well.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 10:42 am to lsusteve1
Just go back to 70s Iran dictatorship
Posted on 2/28/26 at 10:48 am to lsusteve1
I remember pre Muslim take over.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 10:55 am to lsusteve1
They have a King.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 10:57 am to lsusteve1
Posted on 2/28/26 at 11:03 am to ELVIS U
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They have a King.
Not since 1979
Posted on 2/28/26 at 11:04 am to lsusteve1
They were a monarchy previously
Posted on 2/28/26 at 11:05 am to lsusteve1
The Shah has stated he will sign an agreement guaranteeing a constitutional monarchy before he takes power. Can he go against that? Yes but big Daddy DJT won’t like it!
Posted on 2/28/26 at 11:19 am to lsusteve1
They already have the framework for democracy. The issue was a communist theocracy sitting on top of it. Basically, the people could vote for parliament and elections, but the religious leaders could remove candidates from elections and veto laws. The people couldn’t vote with their wallets because all major industries were controlled by the Iranian Republican Guard Corp. Essentially, all major industries were nationalized by the Mullahs and put under the authority of the Mullahs’ military.
All you really have to do is remove the IRGC and the theocratic institution that sits on top of the parliament, and reopen the economy to free enterprise, and you can transition relatively quickly to a government that is much more democratic and representative of the people than the current one. The issue will be in the transition from state control of economic sectors to private ownership. This transition has the potential to devolve into patronage and crony oligarch cartels functioning more like organized crime or arms of the state vs competing businesses. This sort of sham capitalism is what we see in Russia.
All you really have to do is remove the IRGC and the theocratic institution that sits on top of the parliament, and reopen the economy to free enterprise, and you can transition relatively quickly to a government that is much more democratic and representative of the people than the current one. The issue will be in the transition from state control of economic sectors to private ownership. This transition has the potential to devolve into patronage and crony oligarch cartels functioning more like organized crime or arms of the state vs competing businesses. This sort of sham capitalism is what we see in Russia.
This post was edited on 2/28/26 at 11:24 am
Posted on 2/28/26 at 12:09 pm to LSUDonMCO
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constitutional monarchy
Is there a legit version of that anywhere? Trying to wrap my head around how that will work out.
I hope that it's based on Christian values, as we've proven it's the only way to happily grow a society. Though the foundation keeps getting chipped at.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 12:14 pm to HagaDaga
Constitutional monarchies in Spain, GB, Netherlands, Denmark. The only absolute monarchies are in the Middle East; SA, UAE, Qutar Bahrain. ,
Posted on 2/28/26 at 1:04 pm to LSUDonMCO
So mostly monarchs in name only or one that has a thumb on the button owning it all, but "still" let's them think the people have control/say. So how it was before.
It'll be interesting how the Prince will truly handle it. Maybe there is a legit middle between the 2.
It'll be interesting how the Prince will truly handle it. Maybe there is a legit middle between the 2.
This post was edited on 2/28/26 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 2/28/26 at 2:51 pm to lsusteve1
Shah 2.0
Posted on 2/28/26 at 3:01 pm to lsusteve1
They can choose how they want to governed…. Trump doesn’t seem to care and has stated that it’s not our decision on the type but that whomever it is, will play by the rules or we will give the country another chance
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