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Re: Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only

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Post by tdeck »

dpe82 wrote: post #21
jobgh wrote: post #12

No shot. The economy is already in the gutter. The productivity hit of a total internet cutoff would be a death sentence

That assumes the regime cares more about the economic prosperity of their people than about staying in power. So far they seem to care more about power. North Korea provides a model for how terrible the situation can get for every day people in that sort of arrangement.

Some level of eonomic prosperity is necessary to keep the government's key supporters (e.g. the ruling class and the army) satisfied.

Re: Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only

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Post by Imustaskforhelp »

tdeck wrote: post #31
dpe82 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That assumes the regime cares more about the economic prosperity of their people than about staying in power. So far they seem to care more about power. North Korea provides a model for how terrible the situation can get for every day people in that sort of arrangement.

Some level of eonomic prosperity is necessary to keep the government's key supporters (e.g. the ruling class and the army) satisfied.

Their economic prosperity is more linked to Oil than Internet.

Plus, the elites economic prosperity is also linked to their not being protests and for the toppling of govt to not occur and they might be willing to offset some losses to keep the average population in check

Which sucks for the average iranian but we saw how their protests were cracked down with 20-30 THOUSAND people killed and Iran hiding bodies etc.

I have heard that all shops are either shut down or running at the most minimum capacity. Economic prosperity just isn't a question now in Iran.

Re: Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only

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Post by FilosofumRex »

sigmar wrote: post #19
ajsnigrutin wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So people wouldn't stream the games ilegally... the private entity that owns the rights to broadcasting the games can arbitrarily ban whole subnets. the end result is well... not good: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45323856

A company using legal action to protect their IP rights is so different from a theocratic dictatorship shutting down the entire Internet to prevent their overthrow. Perhaps you don't follow the news about Iran but these comments are incredibly daft.

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Re: Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only

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Post by siev »

xvxvx wrote: post #29

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I guess it's time to check "be accused of spreading psyops" off my internet bucket list.

Because I guess you're not interested in my own personal experience of witnessing said people get killed either. Or not exiting my home because I feared for my life. But you seem to have a loose definition of "unconfirmed" [1] so I won't dwell on that. Here's all I have to say:

> When the Israeli government claims that Iran needs to be toppled to protect the Iranian people, while they simultaneously commit genocide in Palestine, I have to stop and think about their real motives.

The Iranian government is evil.

The Israeli government is evil.

Both are, believe it or not, true. Conservative ruling systems often dislike other conservative ruling systems.

> Trump wants to bring democracy to Iran

_Iranians_ want to bring democracy to Iran. And as one of them, I sincerely don't give a shit about what Trump or Israel or anyone else outside of this fucking country wants.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_massacres

Re: Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only

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Post by namirez »

veqq wrote: post #23

But they unblocked it on Wed/Thur, I've been talking to friends normally since then.

Astroturfing much? I haven’t been able to talk to my family for three weeks. Friends who manage to connect are hopping from one workaround to another because IPs are routinely blocked.

Re: Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only

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Post by esolyt »

xvxvx wrote: post #29

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If you get a chance to talk to an Iranian, try explaining them why it's fine that they're losing access to internet because the internet was brainwashing them to hate their government. Also tell them their government isn't killing or jailing protesters and these are just made-up by Israel and America.

While you're at it, you can try explaining Ukranians why it's fine that Russia is invading them because America is bad.

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