Independent Persian has received messages from protestors within Iran via Starlink satellite that describe a ‘war-like situation’. Amirhossein Miresmaeili reports
I’m just quoting you. You said that even in the situation where their will was to overthrow the government you wouldn’t support them.
And while you claim to want to support the will of the Iranian people, you have no problem with supporting actions that will absolutely subvert the will of the Iranian people by subjugating them to foreign governments.
You said that you are literally against their will happening…
No. I said IF it was their will I would still be against it because it would be contradictory, but YOU are the one claiming to know definitively what their will is and that therefore I am against it. I do not claim to know the minds of all Iranians like you do. The limited evidence I have access to is that the popular will is divided among several factions and understanding the factions at this distance is almost impossible given the direct and indirect foreign interference at all levels.
My statement is an assessment of the state of the game. IF it were the will of a super majority if Iranians to overthrow their government, THEN I would not support it because my assessment of the state of the game is that IF the government is overthrown THEN the USA will subvert the will of the Iranian people. It is structurally contradictory.
I think the Iranian people understand this. I hope they do. You clearly don’t
Why are you dismissing the will of millions of Iranians who don’t want regime change? Why are you such a chauvinist that you think you speak for all Iranians?
I mean I was talking about the same hypothetical as you were. You wouldn’t support the will of the people in a situation where it was to take down the theocracy and I would. I wouldn’t be speaking for anyone, just supporting their own will in that situation.
I’m just quoting you. You said that even in the situation where their will was to overthrow the government you wouldn’t support them.
You said that you are literally against their will happening…
No. I said IF it was their will I would still be against it because it would be contradictory, but YOU are the one claiming to know definitively what their will is and that therefore I am against it. I do not claim to know the minds of all Iranians like you do. The limited evidence I have access to is that the popular will is divided among several factions and understanding the factions at this distance is almost impossible given the direct and indirect foreign interference at all levels.
My statement is an assessment of the state of the game. IF it were the will of a super majority if Iranians to overthrow their government, THEN I would not support it because my assessment of the state of the game is that IF the government is overthrown THEN the USA will subvert the will of the Iranian people. It is structurally contradictory.
I think the Iranian people understand this. I hope they do. You clearly don’t
I don’t think there’s been any confusion about that. You wouldn’t and don’t support the people’s will.
Why are you dismissing the will of millions of Iranians who don’t want regime change? Why are you such a chauvinist that you think you speak for all Iranians?
I mean I was talking about the same hypothetical as you were. You wouldn’t support the will of the people in a situation where it was to take down the theocracy and I would. I wouldn’t be speaking for anyone, just supporting their own will in that situation.
Great, so in a hypothetical, you can feel morally superior to me. I’m OK with that.
It’s a position you yourself took, not sure why you are upset with me
Because you’re arguing a counterfactual to signal virtues instead of actually engaging in the analysis of the real world.
What if the Iranian people don’t agree with your view of the “real world” and what they should do, according to you?