Karim Khan going from the guy that the West, including Israel, wanted in the ICC a couple years back to safely ensure that nothing would ever happen to them, to the media going "So, is Karim Khan a bigger antisemite than Hitler, Goebbels, and Goring combined, and wants to murder every single Jewish person on the planet? We investigate this claim." is really very funny
there might be a hundred power posters but active users in general? no, that's at least in the high hundreds AFAIK, possibly into the thousands depending on how you define "active"
arresting Sinwar might prove slightly challenging
it's becoming the new human rights concerntrolling I think. as in, everybody should obviously be supportive of human rights but when it's constantly used by imperialists to justify absolutely heinous shit, it's hard not to get a little cynical about human rights sometimes. I'm a Marxist feminist of course, so perhaps attacking along that angle would be best. not against feminism, but against liberal feminism. it might get co-opted by fascists who would just boil down any argument against progressivism into based soyjak traditionmaxxing romanempirepilled whateverthefuck even if you state that you're a communist in the argument, but I don't know how to fight that co-opting.
I'm also unsure of what exactly to think of, for example, the shit going on in Uganda right now with very harsh anti-LGBTQIA laws which are being responded to by the West with, of course, sanctions. saying "everybody here sucks" feels like a cop-out because the West clearly is favored in the power dynamic here but I don't really know.
well, if I'm celebrating something alongside NATOids and Zionists then I've probably deeply fucked up somewhere in my belief system
but regardless I don't think it's really 
or 
, he was a complicated figure. kinda like Putin I suppose. the struggle session on this website when he dies will be very interesting to watch
thanks, editted
~~unsure if they've found the body (I imagine they must have by now but I'm not keeping up with it)~~ edit: 100% confirmed dead, body found - and they've found the helicopter wreckage and it is not something that you look at and go "yep, a person could have feasibly survived that" he is most certainly dead, alongside the Foreign Minister who was on the same helicopter for some very stupid reason. as Staines says though, I don't think Iran is terribly vulnerable to high-up politicians being killed. Soleimani getting assassinated was tragic for example but it didn't seem to terribly affect the Resistance given everything that's happened since October 7th. there's clearly institutional stability that is independent of who is running a particular part of the government, which is necessary to develop when your opponent happily uses terrorism and assassinations
as a side note, I am genuinely curious about where the term "hard landing" came from in the timeline of events. I guess it might be elucidated in the coming days and weeks but I do wonder precisely what happened. did the president's helicopter pilot say that they were going for an emergency landing and fail? did the other two helicopters lose contact and just assume that the pilot was going for a landing? was it euphemism from the very beginning and the two helicopters knew that it crashed but the government was buying time to do whatever needs to happen when a leader suddenly dies? I'm curious whether the higher-ups in the Iranian government were pretty sure he was dead but didn't want to say it just on the off-chance that somehow he was only very injured, or if instead they genuinely had no idea if it was a "hard landing" or a crash.
Motherfucker, you gotta recognize where you are, and then you gotta get passed that. You gotta be unemotional. You can't sink into this hole. You live in the oubliette. Your job is to crawl up the ladder, motherfucker. You live in the HOLE. You're in the HOLE. You are a RAT. And the rat, when he's in the hole gets fucked. People only throw trash in the hole.
You need to eat a body. And you need to carry the plague. And you need to carry a plague around this whole world, that will change this whole fuckin world. And all your enemies will vomit black bile and will choke on blood and will grow boils and die. But only if you get together with your other RATS. And you come up with some kind of super plague, to fuckin end your enemies and...
End. This. Nightmare.
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- What is the general ideology of the political elite? Do they tend to be protectionist nationalists, or are they more free trade globalists? Are they compradors put there by foreign powers? Are they socialists with wide support by the population?
- What are the most important domestic political issues that make the country different from other places in the region or world? Are there any peculiar problems that have continued existing despite years or decades with different parties?
- Is the country generally stable? Are there large daily protests or are things calm on average? Is the ruling party/coalition generally harmonious or are there frequent arguments or even threats?
- Is there a particular country to which this country has a very impactful relationship over the years, for good or bad reasons? Which one, and why?
- What are the political factions in the country? What are the major parties, and what segments of the country do they attract?
- Are there any smaller parties that nonetheless have had significant influence? Are there notable separatist movements?
- How socially progressive or conservative is the country generally? To what degree is there equality between men and women, as well as different races and ethnic groups? Are LGBTQIA+ rights protected?
- Give a basic overview of the last 50 or 100 years. What's the historical trend of politics, the economy, social issues, etc - rise or decline? Were they always independent or were they once occupied, and how have things been since independence if applicable?
- If you want, go even further back in history. Were there any kingdoms or empires that once governed the area?
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we're really doing this propaganda again? can we please get more interesting stuff than the "my people yearn for freedom from this tyrant"?