(01-04-2020, 07:55 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(01-04-2020, 07:33 PM)jj82284 Wrote: Again, the iranian revolution made it worse for the people of Iran not better.  The current administration is more concerned with war against the infidels and regional hegemony then they are boosting the domestic economy.

All true.
Back when we had bases on their territory, and when we were selling them weapons, and when we were buying their oil, we might have had some influence to encourage them to do little things to make their country more modern and their people better provided for.
Now we have no influence at all.
Whatever we say they should do they should do, they will do the opposite.
Really all we can do is sit back and hope. Maybe they'll get some positive influence from the Russians or the Turks. Relatively speaking of course. Both of those countries have problems, but both of them have a lot less problems than Iran.
My point is they won't be getting any positive influence from us.

Play 8th century games win 8th century economies.  They have no incentive to improve their citizenry because In involuntary societies leaders dont answer to their citizenry.  They represent a fundamentalist ideology hostile to the west since its inception.  There's only so much our engagement can mitigate that, and in some cases it enrages it.

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