Most unfortunately, Harvey Levy is correct. In a nation like Iran w/a repressive central government controlled by radical religious zealots & doomsday lovers, the only way change may happen is if those in charge are forcibly removed.
But then, will Iran & the world get anything better than what we currently have?
So long as individual freedoms, private property rights, human rights, intellectual freedom, & press freedom, remain suppressed & unfortunately misunderstood by many in nations guided by radical religious zealots, its probable the replacement will be just as repressive or more so, plus a lot more coy about it!
To top this off, even in America socialists are gaining traction as they push for more & more government regulation, legal control, information control, imposition of draconian rules & taxation, & “guidance:” for all, on almost any & every subject! With such as examples, how can the west expect these folks to really understand what freedom is & what to do with it?!
Personally, I think Iran is a significantly more progressive society than many in the west believe or understand.
Yet just as Americans keep electing panderers as their national leaders, folks in oppressed nations like Iran keep buying into the incessant religious control of every life aspect rhetoric drummed into them at every turn by “those who know what is best for all others”!
Looks like we ordinary folk may have to do some educating of the elite in order to obtain and maintain our own personal freedoms!
