As an Iranian I'm devastated that they killed so many people and bombed cultural sites. I'm mad that they destroyed infrastructure. I'm frustrated that their actions strengthened the religious right.

But I'm weirdly proud that their empire came to Iran to die. I'm proud that Iran just flat out refused to sell out to capital, and had made their homework.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

Oh don't get me wrong, the destruction is terrible. The deaths are terrible. The cultural sites are incredibly sad. But this could be like the death of the Ottoman empire, the Roman empire, the Qing dynasty, etc.

All of this being led by Israel for decades of course, fomenting hatred of the Iranian people and anyone not Israeli (even Jews that spoke out against Israel). Of course Iran had time to prepare and make sure that they made the war count.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’m proud that Iran just flat out refused to sell out to capital

They're getting $300B from this deal. How much of that is going to get to the Iranian people, and how much will the IRGC just keep for themselves?

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

First of all, the IRGC is not the government of Iran. The IRGC is Iran's second army. It gets hyped up in Western media for propaganda purposes.

However, the IRGC does have construction companies tied to it that likely will get a lot of the reconstruction contracts. I don't think that's what you're insinuating, though.

I might clarify that "selling out to capital" is not the same as getting money. Capital is the ruling class that wants to privatize the national wealth of all countries, and Iran is a major pain in their ass.