Where the culture war is taking us

Um . . . because they have frequently declared themselves our enemy and they are working on nuclear weaponry?

You'd think, but as we drift towards their political philosophy, our mullahs and theirs may find that they have a lot in common.

No.

Really? Because I'm looking at the Texas GOP platform, and I'm getting Persepolis-level shivers.

A sobering read on the real consequences of this kind of trend:

https://www.mei.edu/publications/dictators-and-civilizational-thinking-iran-great-civilization-islamic-civilization

In part: "Khamenei’s “Islamic Civilization” is figuratively and literally dying. Suicide rates in Iran are at an all-time high, with a 23% spike between May and July 2020 alone, during some of the worst months of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Drug addiction more than doubled between 2011 and 2017, and as the economic situation deteriorates further, the use of inexpensive intoxicants is only likely to increase. Spread of COVID-19 hit Iran early and did not let up, even as the government denied its severity and urged people to remain calm."

The silly part is no matter what rights you have and have received in time, the left can never be happy. They are unhinged lunatics. You can always leave America though and I don't think anyone would miss you much except for your own family if that.

Pretty much what Iran said to its intellectuals and people valuing basic civil rights after the revolution. . . and look how far that's taken the Islamic Republic.

I'm joking, of course: it's been well studied.

https://carnegieendowment.org/2015/09/30/oil-curse-remedial-role-for-oil-industry-pub-61445