(February 14, 2026 at 3:18 pm)Leonardo17 Wrote:(February 13, 2026 at 11:53 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: The fact that the government had to kill at least 7,000 citizens to quell their protests rater undercuts this point of yours. "Brainwashed" people don't take to the streets. That makes Iran very different from Germany and Japan.
Well, I am not so sure about that.
If the IRI is "brainwashing" the populace, they're failing miserably. Brainwashed people are complaisant and obedient, not violently protesting. You may wish to look deeper into what "brainwashed" means in English. I know this isn't your first language and that word has connotations which may not be clear in Turkic.
I should also add that in the aftermath of WWII, the Germans and Japanese were brainwashed into previous thinking -- Naziism and Imperial dogma -- which had to be undone by occupation forces.
