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  • @Maggoty
    1•3 months ago

    Uhh. The CIA was considerably less subtle. They didn’t cause lost elections, they caused coups.

    And when the mob reacts to a loss of legitimacy you get Ukraine, not Argentina.

    • LustyArgonianManaEnglish
      1•3 months ago

      Yes, they caused coups by supporting right wing movements in those countries and making them appear like grassroots movements. Then when the right wing people take control, the country collapses. It’s Iran. Have you seen pictures of Iran before it got fucked? Women were going to school, it looked completely different.

      • @Maggoty
        1•3 months ago

        Women were going to school under the Shah. I think you’ve confused the Iranian revolution with the CIA coup.

        • LustyArgonianManaEnglish
          1•3 months ago

          https://www.npr.org/2019/01/31/690363402/how-the-cia-overthrew-irans-democracy-in-four-days

          Mossadegh thought he was in the clear, but Roosevelt hadn’t given up. He orchestrated a second coup, which succeeded. Mossadegh was placed on trial and spent his life under house arrest. The shah returned to power and ruled for another 25 years until the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The 1953 coup was later invoked by students and the political class in Iran as a justification for overthrowing the shah.

          • @Maggoty
            2•3 months ago

            I’m not disputing the CIA’s role in Iranian history. Just the history of women’s rights. They didn’t go down the shitter until the shah was overthrown in the revolution.

            • LustyArgonianManaEnglish
              2•3 months ago

              Okay, thank you for the nuance, I appreciate that