But it’s not the smart people who are in charge. It’s the dumb ones.
About 40% of the Iranian population is dumb as a fucking rock. They are absolutely TERRIFIED of women who don’t wear a veil. They have spent billions on militias slaughtering Syrians. They think old Mullahs are the most pure humans on earth. They hate homosexuals. They hate atheists. They banned dog walking (yeah really).
And it’s these 40% idiots who are ruling the country.
Never let religious people in charge of a major country. It can only end badly.
(This is exactly what americans are doing right now by the way. The super religious crazies from the Southern States won power with Donald Trump. Now he is slashing science budgets to make them happy)
It always has been. Look at the Islamic golden age for example - so many of the great artists and polymaths were Persian. They have such an incredibly rich culture with a VERY long history, easily up there with China who I’d say is their only real competition in that regard.
Iran is a country with remarkably smart people.
But it’s not the smart people who are in charge. It’s the dumb ones.
About 40% of the Iranian population is dumb as a fucking rock. They are absolutely TERRIFIED of women who don’t wear a veil. They have spent billions on militias slaughtering Syrians. They think old Mullahs are the most pure humans on earth. They hate homosexuals. They hate atheists. They banned dog walking (yeah really).
And it’s these 40% idiots who are ruling the country.
Never let religious people in charge of a major country. It can only end badly.
(This is exactly what americans are doing right now by the way. The super religious crazies from the Southern States won power with Donald Trump. Now he is slashing science budgets to make them happy)
It always has been. Look at the Islamic golden age for example - so many of the great artists and polymaths were Persian. They have such an incredibly rich culture with a VERY long history, easily up there with China who I’d say is their only real competition in that regard.