\nThe following is according to my understanding.<\/p>\n
\nIran, it seems, has widespread protests once again about its regime. In itself, the situation isn’t new; it happened in 2022, and numerous other times since 1979.<\/p>\n
\nA government like Iran’s likely wouldn’t survive a population of western voters, but Iran’s not a western country. Therefore, westerners have sometimes been reminded to keep their peace about what happens there. Perhaps surprisingly, Iran’s theocracy has survived since 1979.<\/p>\n
\nTypically, Iran’s protests have been about citizens’ rights – women’s rights, for example (2022-2023) or general voters’ rights (2009-2010). It’s my understanding that the Iranian regime doesn’t care too much for either. Moreover, since it controls the army, it’s been more or less safe from protest up until now.<\/p>\n
\nYet, there’s one thing that even Iran’s government seems vulnerable to: inflation. Apparently, inflation is reported by the Iranian government itself as being around forty percent. Iranians can perceive that, given the trend, there isn’t a viable future. When people can’t see a future, they’re not afraid to protest; rather, it becomes their only option.<\/p>\n
\nStrongmen who don’t buy their own groceries don’t seem to understand inflation. Nonetheless, it seems just as likely the eventual ruin of any political entity that has its own currency.<\/p>\n
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