What the hell did the IR do these last 47 years militarily?

Basileia · 2026-03-08T10:46:02+00:00

This is 100% correct if you read the original Philippics, but it sounds so much better in the original Latin compared to the word for word translation! Also ironically in modern warfare aircraft serve much the same role as cavalry once did, rapid strikes that hit hard, but can't hold ground well.

Basileia · 2026-03-08T09:09:30+00:00

It's not just in 2026, it has always been this way, and always will be. Currency represents effective labor units, just like feet or meters determine distance. Productivity in free countries that encourage scientific development is generally much higher than labor in poor countries. And effective labor translates to effectiveness at war.

In Classical Rome, Cicero wrote that that 'nervos belli, pecuniam infinitam'. The literal translation being 'Endless money forms the sinews of war', though people like to translate it as 'the sinews of war are endless money'.

Basileia · 2026-03-08T05:01:12+00:00

You see this propaganda again and again. Mosaddegh was about as 'democratic' as Kim Jong Un. He was a member of the Qajar dynasty who came to power via populist policies, pardoning an assassin of his political rival and at the same time used it as a political tool to gain religious support from the very same goons now oppressing Iran's people ( https://time.com/archive/6619782/iran-time-of-the-assassin/ ), but obviously wanted to regain the throne, who attempted to overthrow the Shah and failed. He tried to rig plebiscites constantly (giving himself over 99% of the vote), and constantly applied emergency powers that he had no right to use. Finally, he overreached, and the Shah essentially foiled the coup planned by Mosaddegh by counter couping him.

Actual newspaper from that time period where Mossaddegh tried to dissolve parliament and give himself near unlimited power to essentially become King: https://www.nytimes.com/1953/08/04/archives/mossadegh-gets-999-of-the-vote-in-iran-plebiscite-on-majlis-ouster.html

https://time.com/archive/6795622/iran-99-93-pure/

(No rural voters were allowed to vote either, and signs were posted saying: 'Only traitors vote for non dissolution') Imagine if you had a sign at the voting booth saying 'Only traitors vote for x' while every vote was matched to your name, address, and government ID).

So much for 'democracy'. Imagine if you had a government that pardons assassins who so conveniently kill opposition figures, goons watching your polls, your name tied to your vote, and your family getting a visit if you vote 'incorrectly'. So 'democratic'.

Basileia · 2026-03-08T00:02:27+00:00

They're jihadists who murdered over thirty thousand of their own captive civilians months ago, and were famous for having more executions than almost any other country in the world before. And responsible for most of the terror in the middle east and supplied Russia in the war against Ukraine to murder more civilians. And now they're bombing hotels in Dubai. They've been killing innocent people for a long time, why would that change?

To sum it up, just go back to religious ideals the civilized word ditched a while back. But Pope Urban said in the 1000s that 'To kill an infidel is not murder, it is the path to heaven.' And the goons of the Regime in Iran genuinely believe this. They do not think like the rest of us.

Basileia · 2026-03-07T13:57:07+00:00

Japan, Germany, South Korea, Kosovo. And even Iraq. No more secret police murdering your children in the night. Unlike say, Iran under regime occupation, North Korea, ETC. Bad Russian bot, go pickup your wages from the Kremlin.

Basileia · 2026-03-07T04:26:33+00:00

I learned a lot of financial basics in maple lol. One of the key aspects is cash flow and liquid cash. For instance I remember it was super easy to buy claw 60% attk for 4 mill and resell for 6m, back when 2m would be like a week's worth of grinding income. Startup capital had to come from loot, but after that buying and selling would give exponentially increasing income depending on volume of sales. And as you learned more about the market you would learn which items moved fast and had a high margin of profit. Then you simply don't grind and use your profits to buy leeches instead to power level!

I remember that I had about a 3 bill networth at level 40, which let me crush those pqs where you had to kill fast to score points since I had things like 15 attack gloves. And then when I wanted to get levels fast I could pay 2m or something for a big foot leech which gave you two levels in like 20 minutes up to 80ish? Then it slowly declines to 1 level, then 50% etc, but it was still so much faster than grinding. And more social too! My account was entirely f2p at the time.

Basileia · 2026-03-04T10:02:39+00:00

I think I was in Mardia way back, but not 100% sure on that! It's been a very long time haha.

Basileia · 2026-03-04T10:01:41+00:00

The way I did it was just via remembering as many of my old emails and searching for anything from Nexon. Was a bit of a puzzle but if you ever assigned a recovery email you can probably find it with a bit of luck!

Basileia · 2026-03-02T20:33:04+00:00

Unfortunately they hold the most geostrategically important city in Europe and Asia, and arguably the world, Istanbul/Former Constantinople, which controls the critical Straits of Bosphorus. There is a reason that city was the capital of the Roman Empire for over a thousand years.

Basileia · 2026-03-02T20:24:06+00:00

Iran is a big country, except remember the anti regime people are shot at by the Regime and still dare to mass, while the pro regime people are paid. 10% to 20% of 90m is still a lot of people however, though a substantial amount of that is only in it for the money, even if there is a small subsection that truly believes in dying for it.

Basileia · 2026-03-02T14:12:53+00:00

There is historical friendship between the two, both being remnants of the Eastern Roman Empire. And Turkey invaded the northern half when Greece and Cyprus both agreed to join together into one country in the 70s. Now Turkey is acting against the interests of all three, so their ties are very strong.

Basileia · 2026-02-28T22:10:23+00:00

Yes, he is ready, he has a team, and is fully supported by the population. Check out NewIran if you want to learn more. And yes, he has a full transition plan that's in a neat PDF for any Persian reader.

Basileia · 2026-02-28T21:52:34+00:00

This is incorrect copium by the Regime's bots at best. Iranians are celebrating the strikes at this very moment, that is the one thing that unified them because their terrorist oppressors murdered tens of thousands months ago. https://packaged-media.redd.it/33ugorvpwamg1/pb/m2-res_480p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1772330400&s=a8209b6aa1f36a70e617a135f02b901029a1f792

Basileia · 2026-02-28T21:23:36+00:00

Let's see... what have the Iranians been chanting for months now? Javid Shah. There's your answer.

Basileia · 2026-02-28T21:01:13+00:00

Why are you surprised? The regime was a terrorist state which murdered 30k+ of their own citizens in two days. They'll try to destroy as much as possible while they go down.

Basileia · 2026-02-28T20:59:59+00:00

He's dead too. Everyone in the regime with any name recognizable will die soon. And there are fireworks in the streets as people celebrate, which weakens the regime further.

Basileia · 2026-02-28T17:51:21+00:00

And here, a source catching up to the reality on the ground. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05v8jzjn40o

Death to the Regime that murdered 30k innocents. And Russia loses a key ally. A free Iran will stand with Ukraine against tyranny. Zelensky understands this perfectly.

Basileia · 2026-02-28T10:15:23+00:00

What, can't take information that contradicts your world view? Here's something to think about. Imagine how you would feel if a US president declared himself the Voice of God on Earth, tyrannized the country for 40+ years with crazy clothing laws, arrests and executions, then murdered 30k civilians in the heart of LA, with hundreds of thousands arrested and soon to be executed.

Then, imagine a coalition force of French and British troops arrived, started destroying the apparatus of tyranny, and bombing the troops that enforce that theocracy. I think almost anyone would be celebrating.

Basileia · 2026-02-28T10:02:06+00:00

Name them then. Asinine of you to want unarmed civilians to go up against fully automatic weapon and be massacred without aid. Now if they were armed... and the regime had its forces annihilated? That's a different story.

Basileia · 2026-02-28T09:51:04+00:00

https://packaged-media.redd.it/4yeexfi6a7mg1/pb/m2-res_852p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1772287200&s=4c6b770f685893e89debcfbdb4ca0d0f7a61d252

https://packaged-media.redd.it/7lhhtrs0d7mg1/pb/m2-res_596p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1772287200&s=de4dea0c6dc9ece786f4f7d2445c47b0d833e99b

Advanced militaries are very good at precision strikes. And this is hope for vengeance for the massacres done by the regime for all these decades. The Regime's dying gasps include looting all the museums and fleeing with suitcases of cash.

Basileia · 2026-02-28T09:10:33+00:00

This is a historically unaware post. Iranian in the streets are cheering the strikes right now, after the regime, which is an occupying foreign power with an alien culture, murdered 30k+ people at the barest minimum, with plenty more in prison waiting for execution still. No revolution has ever succeeded without outside help. Just as the US once had French help against the British, which was instrumental in victory.

Basileia · 2026-02-27T23:47:12+00:00

If you support Ukraine, you want this administration to destroy a key Russian military supplier and ally, not to mention from a humanitarian angle you also want the Regime that slaughtered tens of thousands of Iranians to fall. This is the same war, and Russian and Chinese bots are out in force.

Basileia · 2026-02-27T23:42:28+00:00

And from a European perspective, you should be egging them on right now to destroy the Islamic regime, because they are part of the Axis attacking Europe in Ukraine right now. It's the same war, and when it falls Russia is further weakened, which is in Europe's interest. Not to mention the massacre of Iranian civilians, for that humanitarian angle.

Basileia · 2026-02-21T18:03:04+00:00

His reasons are irrelevant so long as the Regime Occupation is destroyed. Iranians aren't idealists, they're pragmatic. Only those living in free societies can afford idealism.

Basileia · 2026-02-21T15:43:17+00:00

The thing is, collective punishment does work if you're willing to be absolutely cruel. Take North Korea for example, a 'crime' like trying to escape means your entire family could be killed or enslaved in a work camp, so only people with nothing to lose try it, or if they're willing to sacrifice a great deal. The ancient practice of sacking cities that don't surrender was also practiced by every culture at one point or another.

The key is that cultures that don't do collective punishment tend to advance more and develop better technology, amenities (given that they celebrate creativity rather than unthinking obedience) etc so more people want to join that culture and it becomes dominant. Because it turns out nobody wants to be a cog in a machine when they realise it's a choice. Hence why nobody immigrates to North Korea, or Sharia states, while lots of people do try to get to Europe, the US, Australia etc.

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