- 11 Apr 2023 15:39
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"Their economy produces things cheaper than ours, so we need to send them some manufactured viruses to level the playing field." - Freedom and Democracy Inc.
**Roman Empire (light blue)**
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PEAK ROMAN EMPIRE: 1979
The latest (and perhaps last) incarnation of the Roman Empire had its first critical blow dealt to it in the 1979 Iranian Revolution when Iranians rose up and overthrew their coup-d'etat-installed Western puppet Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi AKA the Shah.
This was important because Iranian oil was firmly in the hands of the UK both before and after WW2, and the British navy had converted from coal to oil primarily on this cheap source of colonial oil pillaging, staffed with cheap Indian laborers.
(https://scheerpost.com/2023/04/07/iran- ... ked-coups/)
Reason for the Revolution
The Iranians had elected a communist with a PhD in Law in 1951, Mohammad Mosaddegh, who immediately nationalized Anglo-Iranian oil so that the money could be used to improve the lots of Iranians. He was almost immediately overthrown in a Western-backed coupTM a few years later, and the Shah - a monarch! - was put in place to rule over Iranian peasants. This didn't work out well for most Iranians, with the SAVAK secret police having removed many hands and feet from protestors demaning a return to democracy and better distribution of resources and more human rights.
So the revolution happened in order to get rid of a monarch who was addicted to torture - a valid reason.
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WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT
This is important because this set the stage for late 20th Century tactics in maintaining the Roman Empire's colonialism over most of the world's surface. The late-stage capitalist model of Roman Empire neo-colonialism goes like this:
1. Overthrow popular local leader who promises to decolonialize
2. Replace him with a pompous monarch who is completely dependent on Western protection
3. Plunder the resources while providing the king with lots of gold, flashy clothing and weaponry, hoping that the peasants will learn to admire the glitz and pageantry... while they shiver in fear of the secret police.
Western-backed coups all over the world have followed this model, right up to the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovych in 2014, accomplished while Russia was preoccupied with its olympic games in Sochi. Chile also had its government overthrown in a Western-sponsored coup in 1973 (replaced by a Hitler-like Pinochet dictator), as did Haiti on several occasions in my lifetime. Juan Guaido was a failed attempt at creating another one of these Roman Empire vassals.
Eventually, these Roman Empire coups lead to civil war, refugees, and a loss of sovereignty and local resources to international capital. In the case of Haiti, this cycle of Roman Empire interference might lead to starvation and mass famine.
PERSIA STICKS OUT ITS NECK
The first shot heard around the world... was the Shah getting kicked out of Iran. And the Roman Empire will never forget or forgive this act of insubordination. Our Caesars and their ready-made gods... play the long game and have no mercy on anyone or anything that tries to block their insatiable appetite for moar.
And to this, Iranians said: Shah shah a go go!
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PEAK ROMAN EMPIRE: 1979
The latest (and perhaps last) incarnation of the Roman Empire had its first critical blow dealt to it in the 1979 Iranian Revolution when Iranians rose up and overthrew their coup-d'etat-installed Western puppet Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi AKA the Shah.
This was important because Iranian oil was firmly in the hands of the UK both before and after WW2, and the British navy had converted from coal to oil primarily on this cheap source of colonial oil pillaging, staffed with cheap Indian laborers.
(https://scheerpost.com/2023/04/07/iran- ... ked-coups/)
Reason for the Revolution
The Iranians had elected a communist with a PhD in Law in 1951, Mohammad Mosaddegh, who immediately nationalized Anglo-Iranian oil so that the money could be used to improve the lots of Iranians. He was almost immediately overthrown in a Western-backed coupTM a few years later, and the Shah - a monarch! - was put in place to rule over Iranian peasants. This didn't work out well for most Iranians, with the SAVAK secret police having removed many hands and feet from protestors demaning a return to democracy and better distribution of resources and more human rights.
So the revolution happened in order to get rid of a monarch who was addicted to torture - a valid reason.
***
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT
This is important because this set the stage for late 20th Century tactics in maintaining the Roman Empire's colonialism over most of the world's surface. The late-stage capitalist model of Roman Empire neo-colonialism goes like this:
1. Overthrow popular local leader who promises to decolonialize
2. Replace him with a pompous monarch who is completely dependent on Western protection
3. Plunder the resources while providing the king with lots of gold, flashy clothing and weaponry, hoping that the peasants will learn to admire the glitz and pageantry... while they shiver in fear of the secret police.
Western-backed coups all over the world have followed this model, right up to the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovych in 2014, accomplished while Russia was preoccupied with its olympic games in Sochi. Chile also had its government overthrown in a Western-sponsored coup in 1973 (replaced by a Hitler-like Pinochet dictator), as did Haiti on several occasions in my lifetime. Juan Guaido was a failed attempt at creating another one of these Roman Empire vassals.
Eventually, these Roman Empire coups lead to civil war, refugees, and a loss of sovereignty and local resources to international capital. In the case of Haiti, this cycle of Roman Empire interference might lead to starvation and mass famine.
PERSIA STICKS OUT ITS NECK
The first shot heard around the world... was the Shah getting kicked out of Iran. And the Roman Empire will never forget or forgive this act of insubordination. Our Caesars and their ready-made gods... play the long game and have no mercy on anyone or anything that tries to block their insatiable appetite for moar.
And to this, Iranians said: Shah shah a go go!
soundtrack with lyrics
"Their economy produces things cheaper than ours, so we need to send them some manufactured viruses to level the playing field." - Freedom and Democracy Inc.