• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    5 days ago

    “The problem is that they are too stupid to know they should be scared of me.” - Trump

    No, they aren’t. The problem is that they are smart enough to know how stupid HE is.

    • marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today
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      5 days ago

      So, no. that’s not how any of that works.

      He was the head of the Shia sect of Islam. i.e. he was essentially the pope.

      He was not the head of state and had limited power beyond his role as spiritual leader. The head of state would be the president of Iran, or the Prime minister. Both of whom did consult him, of course as it’s still a theocratic republic, but he had as much power as the pope has in Italy.

      Repeating far-right propaganda like you are does nothing to help anyone. Change cannot be brought about by objectively false analysis and propaganda; hence the current state of Afghanistan and Iraq.