MicroWave@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWomen riding the streets of Tehran on motorbikes is the latest sign of Iran's societal changeapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1223arrow-down11
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minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 days agoThe Shah was overthrown almost 50 years ago. At some point blaming colonialism gets old.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day ago50 years… which is peanuts in historical terms. There’s a reason post-colonial states almost uniformly suffer from weak economies and poor and corrupt governance. Overthrowing an already entrenched ruling class is a generations-long affair.
The Shah was overthrown almost 50 years ago. At some point blaming colonialism gets old.
50 years… which is peanuts in historical terms. There’s a reason post-colonial states almost uniformly suffer from weak economies and poor and corrupt governance. Overthrowing an already entrenched ruling class is a generations-long affair.