If the acronym WOLOLO confuses you, it’s a reference to the video game Age of Empires, which featured the ability to capture enemy troops using priests. The priests would chant “WOLOLO” to them, forcing the enemy troops to defect and fight alongside you.
Camus_fanboy4520 on
The US helps support the overthrow of the democratically elected leader, fake us backed gov oppresses religion, religion becomes more radical due to its oppression and overthrows the government
Nooby_Noobs on
You forgot the USA removing the Iranian Government and inserting the sha.
So what happened is the USA did stupid things again.
Dominarion on
Edit: this was meant as a metaphor, not actual verified statistics, guys.
Before the Revolution, 80% of the Iranian population lives in poverty, almost no education, there’s endemic corruption and the rich, westernized part of Iranian society pulled the ladder behind them.
The Shah also lashed out against religious leaders, and these guys decided to lash back by rising the masses against him and his cronies.
After the Revolution, 80% of the Iranian population lives in poverty, they got a little more education but the Religious leadership is immensely corrupt and pulled the ladder behind them.
Pndapetzim on
I think the better comparison is SAVOK secret prison conditions and protester killings v IRGC secret prison facilities and protester killings.
Friendly_Hornet8900 on
People on top where mostly middle and upper class in cities.
Most were either forced to stop dressing like that or fled the country after the revolution (a few might genuinely convert).
It might be shocking in the west because of whig history.
Also despite how sucessful the feminist movement was in the west it was not completely unstoppable and faced less repression than in some countries; there is this mindset that anything is possible if you protest or fight enough which is not always the case (western feminists were not uniquely corageous).
Any-Satisfaction3605 on
USA happened
fools_errand49 on
What happened is someone put a picture of the small, wealthy,, Western educated, cosmopolitan, urban elite and juxtaposed it against a separate picture of the devout, majority Shia, public as if to suggest that these are the same group of people separated over time rather than completely different demographics of the same country.
The most concise answer to your question is that you made a bad meme which misrepresents Iranian history. That’s what happened here.
Lord_Eln_8 on
People on the top were the small wealthy minority
Vast majority of the population were already dressing like the bottom image
IIIaustin on
You are skipping the part where the Shah got kicked out the first time and the US and UK put him back.
People always post these pictures of” Iran before revolution” but it’s always showing rich or upper class or people in big cities. Vast Majority of Iranian people were not dressing like that.
Psipone on
OP’s brain is a floppy carrot
UltraTata on
He improved the architecture?
Vaeon on
This is not a question that can be answered with a single Reddit post.
I think most Iranians don’t dress like that. They wear western clothes
Capn_Chryssalid on
If you’ve seen that Age of Empires video of the Priest Spam versus Knights you know that this bonkers strat actually works.
Nehemiah182-44 on
“He’s got a point”
ionizedlobster on
The shah was an authoritarian moderniser. Anyone who didn’t conform were beaten and arrested. No matter the ideology, Shah or Ayatollah, people should generally be allowed to wear what they want.
LegoRedBrick on
Rightwing religious fundamentalism is what happened
NoHorseNoMustache on
Read Persepolis, it’s a great graphic novel and explains what went on pretty well.
Khaganate23 on
You know the IRGC propaganda is working when half the comments here are historical revisionism about Iran being a democracy and what the average life in Iran was like.
Even when similar memes were posted last year, it was not nearly this obvious vs now it’s aggressively compromised.
Rgamer13 on
The CIA and the MI6 happened
chiaboy on
The US/UK disrupted Irsnian government for oil. We’ve been dealing with blowback ever since.
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If the acronym WOLOLO confuses you, it’s a reference to the video game Age of Empires, which featured the ability to capture enemy troops using priests. The priests would chant “WOLOLO” to them, forcing the enemy troops to defect and fight alongside you.
The US helps support the overthrow of the democratically elected leader, fake us backed gov oppresses religion, religion becomes more radical due to its oppression and overthrows the government
You forgot the USA removing the Iranian Government and inserting the sha.
So what happened is the USA did stupid things again.
Edit: this was meant as a metaphor, not actual verified statistics, guys.
Before the Revolution, 80% of the Iranian population lives in poverty, almost no education, there’s endemic corruption and the rich, westernized part of Iranian society pulled the ladder behind them.
The Shah also lashed out against religious leaders, and these guys decided to lash back by rising the masses against him and his cronies.
After the Revolution, 80% of the Iranian population lives in poverty, they got a little more education but the Religious leadership is immensely corrupt and pulled the ladder behind them.
I think the better comparison is SAVOK secret prison conditions and protester killings v IRGC secret prison facilities and protester killings.
People on top where mostly middle and upper class in cities.
Most were either forced to stop dressing like that or fled the country after the revolution (a few might genuinely convert).
It might be shocking in the west because of whig history.
Also despite how sucessful the feminist movement was in the west it was not completely unstoppable and faced less repression than in some countries; there is this mindset that anything is possible if you protest or fight enough which is not always the case (western feminists were not uniquely corageous).
USA happened
What happened is someone put a picture of the small, wealthy,, Western educated, cosmopolitan, urban elite and juxtaposed it against a separate picture of the devout, majority Shia, public as if to suggest that these are the same group of people separated over time rather than completely different demographics of the same country.
The most concise answer to your question is that you made a bad meme which misrepresents Iranian history. That’s what happened here.
People on the top were the small wealthy minority
Vast majority of the population were already dressing like the bottom image
You are skipping the part where the Shah got kicked out the first time and the US and UK put him back.
Lots of Iranians did not like that.
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People always post these pictures of” Iran before revolution” but it’s always showing rich or upper class or people in big cities. Vast Majority of Iranian people were not dressing like that.
OP’s brain is a floppy carrot
He improved the architecture?
This is not a question that can be answered with a single Reddit post.
You can read [this book](https://www.amazon.com/All-Shahs-Men-American-Middle/dp/047018549X) as a starting point and then fact check it by reading other books.
I think most Iranians don’t dress like that. They wear western clothes
If you’ve seen that Age of Empires video of the Priest Spam versus Knights you know that this bonkers strat actually works.
“He’s got a point”
The shah was an authoritarian moderniser. Anyone who didn’t conform were beaten and arrested. No matter the ideology, Shah or Ayatollah, people should generally be allowed to wear what they want.
Rightwing religious fundamentalism is what happened
Read Persepolis, it’s a great graphic novel and explains what went on pretty well.
You know the IRGC propaganda is working when half the comments here are historical revisionism about Iran being a democracy and what the average life in Iran was like.
Even when similar memes were posted last year, it was not nearly this obvious vs now it’s aggressively compromised.
The CIA and the MI6 happened
The US/UK disrupted Irsnian government for oil. We’ve been dealing with blowback ever since.
It was illegal under the Shah to wear hijabs
Oh no not these memes again.
Conservatism happened.
Age of empires reference. Respect.